Police/Crime/Fire

Wootton High School students and staff returned to class Tuesday — the day after a shooting inside the building injured a 16-year-old student. Lynda Keita, whose daughter is an 11th grader… Read More

A 16-year-old was charged with gun possession following an assault that led to a double stabbing on Wayne Avenue Monday at 6 p.m. Montgomery County Police officers responded to Wayne… Read More

El motivo de un tiroteo ocurrido dentro de la escuela secundaria Thomas S. Wootton, en Rockville, continúa bajo investigación, informaron las autoridades del Condado de Montgomery.  Un estudiante de 16… Read More

A device that goes into cars can help limit speeds for reckless drivers. It is an issue relevant to Montgomery County in recent years — to Dan Langenkamp, whose wife… Read More

Three people were stabbed during a large fight in downtown Silver Spring Monday evening. According to Montgomery County Police, officers responded to Wayne and Ramsey Avenues at 6 p.m. for… Read More

Update: Rockville City Police found a handgun late Monday night, police said in an update Tuesday morning. The 16-year-old suspect has been charged as an adult with attempted second-degree murder,… Read More

UPDATED Feb. 9 at 4:45 p.m. A student is in custody and under arrest following a shooting at 2:15 p.m. at Thomas Wootton High School. The victim, who also is… Read More

A Virginia man was charged in connection with two sexual assaults that occurred in Montgomery County in the late 1980s and 1990s. Montgomery County Police ask anyone who was also… Read More

Montgomery Parks has promoted Capt. Lakeisha Robinson to chief of the Maryland-National Capital Park Police, Montgomery County Division. Robinson brings 21 years of service with the Park Police across both… Read More

UPDATED at 12:10 p.m.: MCPD officers declared Blair High School safe and regular instruction has resumed. ——————————– Montgomery Blair High school students have been evacuated following a bomb threat that… Read More

The Montgomery County Police Department and FBI uncovered a criminal enterprise of money laundering call center scams in India targeting Maryland residents for millions of dollars, including elderly residents in… Read More

A water leak at Alexander House on Second Avenue in Silver Spring resulted in the evacuation of residents in 166 units, with the possibility that more could be affected. According… Read More