Police/Crime/Fire

UPDATE as of July 10 at 3:20 p.m. Montgomery County Police identified the motorcyclist killed Sunday as Elijah Isaiah Shand Thweatt, 24, of Clarksburg. According to police, Thweatt was traveling… Read More

UPDATED July 9 at 9 a.m. Montgomery County Police identified the victim in Saturday’s fatal shooting as Kymani Elijah Bailey, 21, of Baltimore. Bailey was fatally shot on the first… Read More

Faced with an uptick in youth crime and drug overdoses, several county departments have combined forces to promote a 2023 Summer of Peace.  By engaging young people with games, food… Read More

A man has been sentenced to prison for killing his wife in 2021. Reginald Dunlap, 45, of Silver Spring, was sentenced in circuit court Friday to serve 55 years as… Read More

Police said two juvenile males and one man were arrested and charged in a traffic stop after traveling in a stolen vehicle. Lawrence Xavier Harrison, 21, of Gaithersburg, and the… Read More

Police released video of suspects as detectives continue to investigate vandalized LGBTQ+ Pride and Ukrainian flags in Silver Spring. Police shared Ring camera video of a suspect setting fire to… Read More

A Kensington man spent more than 30 years in prison, including 10 years on death row, for a crime he did not commit. On July 5, Maryland attempted to rectify… Read More

Police have identified the victim of a White Oak area homicide on Wednesday – 40-year-old Cederic Allen Warner, of Silver Spring. Officers and fire and rescue personnel responded to an… Read More

Among numerous other charges, Taylor Taranto has been arrested by federal authorities for his participation in events at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. According to the Washington Post,… Read More

While driving to work June 23 by the Cabin John Creek in Bethesda, Tyrone Robinson caught a glimpse of a woman with one foot over the bridge, looking like she… Read More

A fatal collision early Monday morning on New Hampshire Avenue at Glenside Drive remains under active investigation by the Collision Reconstruction Unit (CRU). MCPD has identified the person found deceased… Read More

Montgomery County broke ground on a new 6th District County Police Station in Gaithersburg last Thursday. The station will be the county’s first sustainably designed and energy-efficient public building, according… Read More