Police/Crime/Fire

Corey Smedley was sworn in as Montgomery County’s new fire chief Monday during a private ceremony at the Executive Office Building in Rockville. Smedley was confirmed by the County Council… Read More

LaTanya Jones gazed out into a crowd of more than 100 people Sunday night and quietly stated, “I have been pushed into this club I have been forced to join.… Read More

Update: Police identified the decedent as 19-year-old Ezekial Solomon of Silver Spring. According to police, Solomon was driving a 2013 BMW S 1000 RR motorcycle going northbound on Old Georgetown… Read More

Montgomery County Police identified the utility worker who was apparently electrocuted while working in a bucket lift truck Tuesday at noon. Osmar Daniel Chavarria, 39, of Frederick, was pronounced dead… Read More

Following its pilot program in Silver Spring and Wheaton, Montgomery County Police now plan to add its Drone as First Responder program to Bethesda. Police officers initiate the drones after… Read More

Corey Smedley has been approved as the new fire chief for Montgomery County. He is the county’s first Black fire chief. The County Council confirmed him to the position during a… Read More

A utility worker was accidentally killed on the 200 block of Ashton Road in Ashton on Tuesday at noon. The 39-year-old worker died at the scene as a result of… Read More

Montgomery County Police officers are investigating the death of a 45-year-old man they believe was involved in a fight. Police responded to an apartment in the 11400 block of Stewart… Read More

Police said two teens were arrested and charged in a shooting at Taco Bell Cantina in downtown Silver Spring that occurred last month. Souleymane Traore, 18, of Silver Spring is… Read More

The county is working to help the more than 30 residents displaced by a fire at Interfaith Works women’s shelter at Crabbs Branch in Derwood. On the Fourth of July… Read More

Members of a family jumped from their deck early Monday morning to flee a fire at their home in the 900 block of North Stonestreet Avenue in Rockville. No one… Read More

Police said detectives are investigating the death of a 3-year-old who was found in a pool in Rockville on Friday. County Emergency Communications received a call for a missing boy… Read More