A 13-year-old boy has been charged with two commercial burglaries in Rockville, committed alongside an 11 and 12-year-old, after the trio was caught with stolen property from Superior Auto Service and RMA Transportation in Rockville.
Crime
The Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) is investigating an attempted armed carjacking that occurred on Monday, November 4, 2024, near the intersection of Montgomery Village Avenue and Midcounty Highway. (more…)
Melissa Curtis, 32, of Upper Marlboro, was sentenced to 30 years in prison, suspending all but 12 months, and five years of supervised probation after pleading guilty to three counts of third-degree sex offense for abusing a 14-year-old student while teaching at Montgomery Village Middle School in 2015. (more…)
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A Germantown man was arrested without injury after a standoff involving a butcher knife outside a Silvergate Way apartment on November 17, 2024, following a domestic incident and threats to police. (more…)
The Justice Department unsealed criminal charges against Evgenii Ptitsyn, 42, a Russian national, for allegedly administering the sale, distribution, and operation of Phobos ransomware. Ptitsyn made his initial appearance in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland on November 4 after being extradited from South Korea.
Takoma Park Police shared on Monday that the department responded to two commercial burglaries on the morning of Friday, November 15. Per police:
A Dundalk, MD man was sentenced to 63 months in federal prison for his role in a fentanyl trafficking scheme that distributed thousands of lethal doses across Washington D.C. and Maryland; he admitted to supplying over 4,500 fentanyl-laced pills and using firearms for protection, while social media posts showed him boasting about his illegal profits. (more…)
Maryland State Police (MSP) shared via social media that all lanes of northbound I-95 at 198 were closed for a police investigation on Monday morning.
This afternoon, Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) patrol officers operating in the central business district (4th district) responded to a report of shoplifting at the JC Penney store located in Wheaton Mall. Upon arrival, officers encountered an adult male suspected of theft.
On Friday, Ansoumane Camara of Germantown, MD was sentenced to 18 months in prison for securities fraud and felony theft exceeding $100,000, after pleading guilty to defrauding a client of $129,966 through unregistered investment services; he was also ordered to repay the stolen amount and serve five years of probation. (more…)
The Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) announced the arrest of a 17-year-old with an active warrant for failing to appear in court. He was apprehended on Friday, November 8, 2024, in Rockville, and was carrying a handgun and 250 suspected fentanyl pills. (more…)