Police/Crime/Fire

It’s been 20 years since the killers dubbed “The DC Snipers” terrorized the entire DMV. The most murderous day in the nearly month long siege happened here in Montgomery County… Read More

Jorge Rueda Landeros, who is wanted in connection with the 2010 murder of a woman from Bethesda, was arrested in Mexico, according to Montgomery County Police. Sue Marcum, a professor… Read More

Darlin Ryes Gomez, 22, was ejected from a car and pronounced dead following a single vehicle crash in the area of Piney Branch Road and Sligo Avenue in Silver Spring… Read More

Magruder High School student Steven O. Alston Jr. was sentenced to 18 years in prison for shooting fellow classmate Deandre Thomas on Jan. 21. Alston, who was 17 at the… Read More

Police say they are looking for any leads in a homicide that occurred Wednesday night in a parking garage in Downtown Silver Spring.  County Police Chief Marcus Jones identified the… Read More

Police say one pedestrian is dead and another was seriously injured after they were both struck by a driver in Gaithersburg on Wednesday. Officers responded to the Muddy Branch Road… Read More

The daughter of a former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations stands on trial for first-degree murder in a Rockville Circuit Court. 30-year-old Sophia Negroponte is accused of stabbing 24-year-old… Read More

County Executive Marc Elrich and Police Chief Marcus Jones urged all residents to report acts of hate vandalism so that they could be investigated and documented. On Saturday, someone spray… Read More

Temperatures are forecasted to drop Wednesday evening and moderate rainfall may cause flooding Thursday.  The county has activated a hypothermia alert for overnight Wednesday and the National Weather Service (NWS)… Read More

Many families celebrate the holiday season with tree decorating, candle lighting, and home-cooking. These traditions, while heartwarming and fun, create the perfect conditions for home fires. According to the American… Read More

A Potomac biotech company president was arrested Tuesday for his alleged role in a scheme to defraud investors in CytoDyn Inc., a publicly traded biotechnology company based in Washington State.… Read More

Torrey Moore, who is charged with killing a convenience store clerk and a woman and her unborn child, has been ruled not competent to stand trial. Moore, 31, of Silver… Read More