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After two days of deliberations, a Montgomery County jury has found David Benjamin Goldberg of Potomac guilty of nine counts in the case of a road rage incident that occurred at the Montgomery Mall in November of last year. Goldberg was charged with stabbing a man and a woman in that incident. “People are entitled […]

Montgomery County police have charged a 24-year-old North Potomac man with the first degree murder of a 22-year-old Gaithersburg man. According to a police account, Pavel Ivanov, of Lake Breeze Drive, became involved in an argument with Bryan Robert Hall, of Story Drive, around 2:30 a.m. on July 4th in the 900 block of Curry […]

UPDATED The victim in this case has died and police have charged a North Potomac man with murder. You can find out more here. ORIGINAL POST Montgomery County police are investigating an attempted murder that occurred on July 4th in Gaithersburg. According to a police account, the call came in at 2:30 a.m. as a […]

  UPDATE: A 31-year-old man is charged in a Silver Spring stabbing that occurred Wednesday night on Piney Branch Road in Silver Spring. On Thursday, detectives charged Ulises A. Blanco-Melgar,  31, of no fixed address, with one count of attempt first-degree murder, one count of first-degree assault, and one count of second-degree assault. Blanco-Melgar is […]

UPDATED Montgomery County police were called to Walter Johnson High School, 6400 Rock Spring Drive in Bethesda, at 12:54 p.m. today for the report of a stabbing involving two students and a pair of scissors. Police Spokesperson Janelle Smith said one student was transported to the hospital. Fire Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer confirmed on Twitter […]

Montgomery County police are investigating several assaults and stabbings that occurred early this morning (April 19) outside of a residence in Potomac. Police were called to the residence on Alloway Court at 1:10 a.m. for the report of a stabbing. According to police, a party was held at the residence earlier in the evening and, […]

Montgomery County police have charged a second woman with murder in the deaths of two children in Germantown and they have released more information about the motive. On Jan. 18, detectives arrested Monifa Denise Sanford, age 21, of the 19000 block of Cherry Bend Drive in Germantown after she was released from the hospital. Police […]

UPDATED Montgomery County police have charged a 28-year-old woman with murder in the deaths of two of her children. On Jan. 17, Montgomery County police officers responded to the 19000 block of Cherry Bend Drive in Germantown where they discovered four children that had been assaulted. Police said two of the children were pronounced deceased […]

A pregnant woman was attacked on Jan. 1 at 12:30 p.m. inside her Takoma Park home and another man who tried to defend her was stabbed by the female suspect. Police said the attack happened in the 8300 block of Flower Avenue. According to Takoma Park police, the female suspect showed up at the house […]

John J. McCarthy, State’s Attorney for Montgomery County, announced on May 13 that a judge sentenced Ray A. Young (68) of the 600 block of Concerto Lane in Silver Spring, to nine years in prison for the first-degree assault of Mesfin Lakew (59) at a Post Office. The jury reached its verdict on March 20, […]