Author: Patrick Herron

MCDOT

Redland Middle School Named Winner of the “Paint the Plow” Contest to Celebrate Public Works Week

By Patrick Herron

Per MCDOT: Montgomery County residents can be on the lookout this winter for tributes to the County’s public works employees. Leading up to Public Works Week, Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) middle school students participated in a “Paint the Plow” contest to celebrate the many contributions made by public works employees that keep the County running.

Redland Middle School in Derwood was selected as the first-place winner of the Montgomery County Department of Transportation’s (MCDOTs) ‘Paint the Plow’ snowplow naming contest. The winning design emulated the popular Pokémon franchise with the theme “Snowkémon” and the slogan “Gotta Melt It All.”

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Germantown

Update on Tuesday Evening Shooting in Germantown

By Patrick Herron

Montgomery County Police responded to a shooting in the 19000 block of Misty Meadow Terrace in Germantown on Tuesday, May 23. According to MCPD, “At approximately 7:43 p.m., 5th District officers responded to the location for the report of a shooting.   Officers located an adult male victim with apparent gunshot wounds to his body and provided life-saving measures to him until Montgomery County Fire Rescue arrived.  

The victim was transported to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. No bystanders were injured during the shooting.  The suspect(s) have not been apprehended.”

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Germantown

One Person Shot and Transported to Hospital Tuesday Evening in Germantown

By Patrick Herron

GERMANTOWN SHOOTING: ~7:40PM Tues, Misty Meadow Terrace off Wisteria Dr. (MoCo, MD). Person shot multiple times. Numerous shots fired, at least 1 round found inside a nearby occupied residence. MoCo Police 5D Officers applied 2 tourniquets prior to 🚑 arrival. @StopTheBleed

— Cordell (@CordellTraffic) May 24, 2023

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MCPD

Man Charged With First-Degree Child Abuse and Second-Degree Murder in Connection With Death of 16-Month-Old

By Patrick Herron

Per MCPD: A Washington, DC man has been arrested and charged in connection with the death of his girlfriend’s 16-month-old son. On Thursday, March 11, 2023, at approximately 4 a.m., Montgomery County Department of Police 3rd District officers and Montgomery County Fire Rescue responded to the 7900 block of Chicago Avenue in Silver Spring, for a child not breathing.

The child, Zavier Giron was transported to an area hospital where he was pronounced dead. Montgomery County Major Crimes Detectives interviewed the child’s mother who stated that her son had not been feeling well and when she woke up at 4 a.m., she found the toddler not breathing, and 911 was called.

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Crime

Rockville Police Seeks Public’s Assistance Identifying Two in Connection to Attempted Armed Carjacking at Gas Station

By Patrick Herron

Per Rockville Police: Officers from the Rockville City Police Department responded to the Exxon Gas Station in the 200 block of N. Washington Street on May 22, 2023 for the report of an attempted armed robbery. At approximately 8:15 p.m. two unknown men approached a customer who was filling up their car with gas, one man produced a handgun, and demanded the victim’s keys. The victim refused and drew attention to nearby customers as to what was happening. The two suspects fled south on N. Washington St. without obtaining the vehicle or any personal property. Video surveillance was obtained of the two suspects wanted in connection with this incident.

Anyone with information as to the identity of the suspects, or the attempted robbery, is asked to contact the RCPD Criminal Investigations Unit at 240-314-8938 or submit detailed information through the City’s Anonymous Suspicious Activity Report via this link https://www.rockvillemd.gov/FormCenter/Police-3/Suspicious-Activity-Report-41.

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MCPD

Police and Family Concerned for Missing 15-Year-Old

By Patrick Herron

Per MCPD: Detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police – Special Victims Investigations Division (SVID) are asking for the public’s assistance in locating Noah Adkins, a missing 15-year-old from Montgomery Village.  Noah was last seen on Thursday, May 18, 2023, at approximately 6:30 a.m., on Lakeshore Drive.

Noah is approximately 5-feet, 11-inches tall and 140 pounds.  He has reddish-brown hair and brown eyes. Noah was last seen wearing a brown hooded sweatshirt, stone washed denim jeans and brown boots.  He may be carrying a backpack with the Spiderman logo on it.

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MoCo Government

Montgomery County Council Seeks Applicants for Two Vacancies on the County Board of Appeals

By Patrick Herron

By law, no more than three members of the Board shall be from the same political party. Applicants may be registered to vote in the County as a member of any political party or unaffiliated with any political party. Voter registration will be verified by the Montgomery County Board of Elections.

The current members of the Board include Chair John Pentecost (Democrat), Richard Melnick (Unaffiliated), Caryn Hines (Democrat), Laura Seminario-Thornton (Republican) and Alan Sternstein (Democrat). Members of County Boards, Committees and Commissions may not serve on more than one such group at a time.

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Beyond MoCo

Beyond MoCo: Flying Dog Brewery to Leave Frederick

By Patrick Herron

Frederick’s Flying Dog Brewery is being sold to Utica, New York-based FX Matt Brewing Co. According to a report by BrewBound, Flying Dog/FX Matt will begin shifting production from Frederick to New York this summer, but will “maintain a presence in Maryland as FX Matt is seeking a location for an innovation brewery and taproom in Frederick.” Flying Dog was founded in Aspen, Colorado in 1990 and moved production to Maryland full-time in 2007 after purchasing the Frederick Brewing Company in 2006.  Flying Dog is known for brewing innovative, high-alcohol beers with sometimes controversial label art-work by Ralph Steadman.

“It is important to me that FX Matt Brewing is offering employment opportunities to as many employees as possible and we will provide job placement assistance to team members”, says Flying Dog CEO Jim Caruso. “Frederick is a great place to live and do business, unfortunately even though we have invested millions of dollars in the brewery, it has too many limitations and puts Flying Dog at too great a competitive disadvantage.

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