Montgomery Community Media

UPDATED The Montgomery County Police Department’s Animal Services Division is investigating two cases of animal cruelty in the Gaithersburg area. Police are looking for the suspect(s) involved in the BB gun shooting of two dogs that occurred earlier this month. According to police, both dogs were shot with a BB gun between the 20100 block […]

UPDATE Detectives from the Montgomery County Police Department – Major Crimes Division have charged Francisco Trujillo, of Ridge Road in Damascus, with the homicide of Mario Perez. The Montgomery County Police Department – Major Crimes Division is investigating a homicide that occurred early Monday morning in Damascus. According to a news release, the Emergency Communications Center (9-1-1) […]

A 63-year-old woman was stabbed outside the Lake Forest Mall in Gaithersburg on Thursday afternoon and police need your help to find the suspect. According to the Montgomery County Police Department, the stabbing and attempted armed robbery occurred shortly before 1:30 p.m. on Dec. 17th as the woman was exiting the mall near Macy’s and […]

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 are investigating three commercial robberies that occurred on Sept. 4th and 5th in Potomac. According to a press release, the police responded to an alarm at the Cabin John Shopping Center Sunoco gas station at 11355 Seven Locks Road Friday morning at 12:25 a.m. Their investigation revealed that a suspect broke the […]

Montgomery County police officers are investigating an armed robbery that occurred at the Clarksburg Pharmacy, 23213 Stringtown Road, on Thursday morning. Police said a male suspect entered the pharmacy shortly before 10 a.m.and displayed a handgun. According to police, the suspect took prescription drugs and then fled. Police have released surveillance video from the robbery, […]

UPDATED: A 19-year-old man acted in self-defense when he killed an 18-year-old Silver Spring man in the Briggs Chaney area, according to Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office spokesman Ramón V. Korionoff. Zio was released on Aug. 7 but had been in jail since June on a charge of second-degree murder in the stabbing of Derik […]

Montgomery County Police are asking for the public’s help to identify a suspect who officers say has been stealing items from cars in the parking lot of the Burtonsville Volunteer Fire Department at 13900 Old Columbia Pike. According to police, the thefts occurred between April 18 and June 10. Detectives have obtained surveillance photographs of […]

UPDATED Montgomery County Police are investigating the stabbing death of an 18-year-old in the Briggs Chaney area of Silver Spring as a homicide. According to police, the stabbing occurred the afternoon of June 10th in the 14100 block of Castle Boulevard. Police have arrested and charged Mitchell Zio, age 19, of White Oak with second […]

UPDATED, June 4, 6:30 a.m. – A teen was arrested for reckless endangerment after someone reported seeing a person with a gun near Kingsview Middle School in Germantown Wednesday. According to a news release,  a witness reported seeing a person with a gun and then hearing a “pop” in the area of Kingsview Road at Duhart Road. […]