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A man that Montgomery County police had previously wanted for two bank robberies inside a grocery store is now wanted for a third, according to a police statement released Monday. That’s right, police believe the same man has robbed the same grocery store bank branch — three times. The Safeway grocery store, at 14939 Shady […]

Montgomery County police are investigating two robberies committed by an unidentified male at a SunTrust Bank inside a Safeway on Shady Grove Road. The first robbery occurred on Jan. 27 at 4 p.m. and the second occurred yesterday around the same time. Detectives say the man approached the teller and passed a note demanding cash. […]

Montgomery County police say a woman was sexually assaulted Thursday on Shady Grove Road near Key West Avenue and Blackwell Road in Rockville. The woman was walking on the sidewalk when a man approached her from behind. He pushed her into a grassy area along the road and began to sexually assault her, police said. […]

A 55-year-old Pennsylvania man riding a motorcycle on Shady Grove Road died after he collided with a car trying to make a left turn onto Crabbs Branch Way, a Montgomery County police statement said. Michael Barchuk, of Cannon Drive in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, was taken to a local hospital where he died from his injuries, police […]

Fire crews responded to an overturned trash truck on Shady Grove Road on Thursday morning. The trash was burning and firefighters needed to spray the spilled trash. (MyMCMedia photos) Here’s the chain of events as recorded by the Twitter feed of Pete Piringer, Montgomery County Fire and Rescue spokesman. Shady Grove Road & Epsilon Drive, […]

A 19-year-old crossing Shady Grove Road was struck and killed Saturday morning, Montgomery County police said. Jaumoithe Houseal of Welbeck Road in Montgomery Village was crossing Shady Grove Road at Crabbs Branch Way about 2:30 a.m., according to a police statement. He was taken to Suburban Hospital where he died from his injuries, police said. […]

Lots of public safety news appears in MyMCMedia’s Top 10 stories this week. People seemed to want to know about where state troopers were setting up DUI checkpoints, bottle bombs on an upcounty trail, a murder, a garbage truck fire that closed a major commuter artery, details on a double armed robbery and a house […]

When you walk thru the new Westside at Shady Grove Metro community off Crabbs Branch Way and Shady Grove Road in Rockville, one of the first things you will notice is that the street trees are planted in concrete boxes along with other specialty plants. Developer McLean Quinn, vice president of land acquisition and development […]

Montgomery County firefighters battled a fire in a trash truck full of compacted cardboard on Shady Grove Road on Tuesday morning for hours, according to a Montgomery County fire official. Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson Pete Piringer tweeted out photos of the fire and said it was “proving difficult to fully extinguish.” According to Piringer, […]

Montgomery County police believe the same three men robbed two 7-Eleven convenience stores the same night. Police were called to the 7-Eleven at 15821 Frederick Road about 2:30 a.m. May 17, according to the police crime summary. The robbers displayed handguns and stole cash. Nine minutes later, another 7-Eleven was robbed at 15900 Shady Grove […]