Montgomery Community Media

This week violent incidents were reported on public schools’ premises, most recently the arrest of a 16-year-old student at Montgomery Blair High School. The arrest occurred after the stabbing of another student in the school parking lot. Council Vice-president Gabe Albornoz talked to MyMCM about the importance of ensuring safety and security for the students […]

A 16-year-old Montgomery Blair High School student is being charged as an adult after allegedly stabbing another student in a school parking lot Monday, according to Montgomery County Police (MCPD). Maycol Coyoy of Silver Spring is charged with attempted second-degree murder, first-degree assault and reckless endangerment, police said. The victim, also a juvenile, was taken […]

Update (5:45 p.m.): The suspect is a juvenile male, per a release from police Monday evening. He is a student at Montgomery Blair High School and charges are pending. He was taken into custody without incident, police said. Update (2 p.m.): A suspect is in police custody, Montgomery County Police Chief Marcus Jones said on […]

Montgomery County Police Department’s Major Crimes Division arrested and charged a Rockville man for a fatal stabbing on Nov. 3. Police identified the man as Jonathan Mohelski, 36. According to an MCPD statement, on Nov. 3, Mohelski told 911 he discovered his friend dead in a bathroom inside the home on the 13300 block of […]

A Washington, D.C. man has been charged with two counts of attempted second-degree murder after police say he stabbed two people in Silver Spring. According to the Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD), detectives determined that on Monday night, Wayne Riley, 55, was trying to get into a storage area holding cigarettes at the 7-Eleven at […]

Takoma Park police officers have identified the woman found dead in the 7500 block of New Hampshire Avenue on Tuesday morning as 34-year-old Elena Gugicheva. According to police, Gugicheva was stabbed multiple times. Police are investigating her death as a homicide. Police said Gugicheva, a paralegal, worked part-time in the office park where she was […]

Montgomery County police officers say a 22-year-old Rockville man was fatally stabbed on Sunday night near the intersection of Veirs Mill Road and Randolph Road. Police have identified the man as Jose Miguel Henriquez Alfaro. According to the police department’s preliminary investigation, Alfaro was assaulted with a weapon during a confrontation with multiple suspects on […]