The Montgomery County Department of Police Threat Assessment and Behavioral Solutions Unit has charged a 17-year-old Florida teen in connection with multiple swatting incidents targeting a Germantown home.
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Montgomery County Police are asking for the public’s help identifying three persons of interest in connection with an anti-Semitic vandalism incident at Greenwood Elementary School in Brookeville.
Montgomery County Police Department shared the following daily crime summary for May 6, 2026. The incidents below do not reflect all calls for service throughout the county.
Montgomery County Police released its daily crime summary, highlighting several reported incidents across the county on May 5, 2026.
Chief Antonio DeVaul of the Takoma Park Police Department announced the arrest of Carlos Escamilla, 44, of no fixed address, in connection with a stolen vehicle investigation.
A Montgomery Village man has been found guilty in the 2024 fatal shooting of a man inside a Northwest Washington, DC bar.
Montgomery County Police are investigating a reported stabbing Tuesday afternoon in the White Oak area.
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Update: MCPS has lifted the HOLD status and Walt Whitman HS is back to normal operation. Officers are still on scene.
Montgomery County Department of Police (MCPD) officers were dispatched Tuesday at 12:11pm to Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda for what appears to be a swatting call. (more…)
A Gaithersburg man has pleaded guilty in federal court to a drug trafficking offense tied to the death of a 15-year-old girl, with prosecutors saying the fatal encounter stemmed from a social media transaction.
Montgomery County police reported a range of incidents across the county over the weekend, including multiple auto thefts, burglaries, assaults, and two hate-bias incidents at local schools.
A former guitarist for the Baltimore hardcore band Turnstile has been indicted on an upgraded charge of attempted first-degree murder, according to reporting by The Baltimore Banner. (more…)