Montgomery Community Media

It’s Wednesday, Dec. 5, and here are five things to know in Montgomery County. 1. Hanukkah Block Party: Shaare Torah and Shaare Torah Early Childhood Center are hosting a number of block parties in different Montgomery County neighborhoods to celebrate Hanukkah together. Today the celebration is coming to Main Street in Gaithersburg. Festivities begin at 6 […]

The Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) recently hosted a Congressional candidates forum for voters in the Sixth District at Shaare Torah in Gaithersburg. MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke reports. You can find out more about Republican Amie Hoeber and Democrat John Delaney by visiting their websites. The Presidential General Election is Nov. 8th. Early voting takes place […]

The teen, who was arrested and charged with vandalizing a Gaithersburg synagogue, pleaded guilty on Tuesday, according to court documents. Sebastian Espinoza-Carranza was charged with defacement of religious property, damage to a religious institution, and malicious destruction of property for the antisemitic graffiti found on Shaare Torah Synagogue in Gaithersburg back in April. His sentencing is set […]

It was an emotional interview for Sebastian Espinoza-Carranza at his home in Gaithersburg. The teen was arrested and charged with vandalizing a Gaithersburg synagogue. The 18-year-old teen says he is not a racist person and that he is really sorry. The congregation’s surveillance video helped lead police to Spinoza-Carranza. It shows him allegedly spray painting swastikas, […]

In an interview outside his Gaithersburg home today, the 18-year-old charged with vandalism at the Shaare Torah synagogue says he is not a racist person and that he is really sorry. “I want to say that I really regret what I did and I’m really sorry. I shouldn’t have done it. … I’m not a […]

From the beginning, video played a key role in the vandalism case at the Shaare Torah synagogue and today Montgomery County Police said it was a video from a nearby business that resulted in the arrest of an 18-year-old suspect. Corporal Rebecca Innocenti answered questions about the arrest of that teen in front of the […]

Montgomery County Council President George Leventhal met with reporters on April 13 for his weekly briefing. He began with some good news about universal healthcare access in Montgomery County. Other topics included the Council’s upcoming budget hearings, the energy tax, public campaign financing laws, the “free range” parenting case in Silver Spring, the Shaare Torah […]

Montgomery County Police are asking Lakelands residents to report suspicious or unusual behavior as detectives continue to investigate the vandalism at a local synagogue. Find out more in this MyMCMedia Extra: Police Spokesperson Rick Goodale says detectives at the 6th district station are encouraging citizens to call in any tips about this case at 240.773.5770. […]

In this MyMCMedia Extra, Montgomery County Police Officer Rick Goodale says the police investigation is still ongoing into the April 7th vandalism at Shaare Torah synagogue in Gaithersburg. Goodale says detectives at the 6th district station are encouraging citizens to call in tips at 240.773.5770. For more MyMCMedia coverage, see below:

Detectives from both the Gaithersburg and Montgomery County Police departments are looking for the vandals that defaced the Shaare Torah synagogue, located at 1409 Main Street, in the Lakelands community on April 7. The incident was first reported to a police officer who was flagged down at 7:10 a.m. on Tuesday morning by a citizen. […]