Police/Crime/Fire

In this powerful piece, BIPOC & LGBTQIA+ Digital Storytelling Fellow, Aisha Sowe sits down with local government officials and nonprofit leaders to discuss the deep-rooted impact of discriminatory policing on… Read More

Progressive organizations and family members gathered along Sligo Creek Parkway Sunday to install the names of four victims of police violence on a bench. The Silver Spring Justice Coalition, Young… Read More

A person died after being struck by a train traveling on a CSX railroad track in the Gaithersburg and Germantown area, according to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services (MCFRS)… Read More

Police said a New York man was arrested in a $400,000 gold bar scam targeting a Bethesda couple. Yongxian Huang, 23, of Brooklyn, was arrested, according to the Montgomery County… Read More

Torrey Moore, 33, of Silver Spring was found guilty Friday of murdering his pregnant girlfriend, 26-year-old Denise Middleton, and her unborn viable fetus in 2022. “To my knowledge that is… Read More

On Monday, a Gaithersburg woman was found guilty of murdering her boyfriend last year. According to the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office (MCSAO), a jury found Jennifer Espinoza-Orellana guilty of… Read More

Agustin E. Jaramillo Lopez of Gaithersburg was charged with negligent manslaughter by vehicle in connection with a fatal collision July 20 on North Frederick Avenue. Jaramillo Lopez, 45, was traveling… Read More

El Departamento de Policía del Condado de Montgomery (MCPD) está celebrando el primer aniversario de su programa Drone as First Responder (DFR), lanzado el 20 de noviembre de 2023. Un… Read More

El Departamento de Policía del Condado de Montgomery (MCPD) arrestó y acusó a un joven de 13 años, que estaba acompañado por un niño de 11 y otro de 12… Read More

The Takoma Park Police Department (TPPD) and Takoma Park Volunteer Fire Department (TPVFD) are holding a toy drive through Dec. 13. They are accepting new, unopened toys at the following… Read More

Montgomery County Department of Police (MCPD) arrested and charged a 13-year-old, who was accompanied by an 11 and 12-year-old, for two commercial burglaries in Rockville, according to a press release.… Read More

The Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) is marking the first anniversary of its Drone as First Responder (DFR) program, launched on Nov. 20, 2023. A police news release highlighted the… Read More