Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services announced an arson arrest hours after responding to a call for a fire on the 11400 block of Monterrey Dr. Off of Veirs Mill Rd in Wheaton.
At approximately 2pm on Tuesday, March 15th, MCFRS units responded to a call for a fire in a basement bedroom of a single family home. The fire was quickly put out and there were no injuries, according to MCFRS PIO Pete Piringer.
Detectives with the Metropolitan Police Department’s Major Crash Investigations Unit seek the public’s assistance in identifying and locating suspects sought in a fatal hit and run resulting that occurred on Tuesday, March 8, 2022, at the intersection of 18th Street and Florida Avenue, Northwest.
The decedent has been identified as 33 year-old Rakesh Patel, of Silver Spring, MD. Dr. Patel was a Medical Intensive Care Unit fellow at MedStar Washington Hospital Center.
Judge David Lease has sentenced defendant, Denzel Kasaka, 23 of Silver Spring, to 40 years suspend all but 30 for the death of Jose Augusto Ruiz, 20. He also faces five years of supervised probation upon release.
The sentence was handed down late yesterday. In October, a jury convicted Kasaka of second-degree murder.
Per the U.S. Attorney’s Office:
Greenbelt, Maryland – A federal grand jury has indicted Willie Lamont Hicks, age 50, of Rockville, Maryland, and Mary Ann Mendoza, age 49, of Kensington, Maryland, on federal charges of conspiracy to commit wire and wire fraud. The indictment was returned on December 22, 2021 and unsealed upon the defendants’ arrests.
The victim of last Monday’s stabbing at Lakeforest was Jose Alexander Maldonado. A coworker described Maldonado as someone who “stayed out of trouble” and told us the attack appeared to be unprovoked. One of Maldonado’s former teachers remembers him as “a nice young man” who he ran into a few times since teaching him a few years back. “He was a good kid who became a good man and went out of his way to catch up with me every time he saw me.”
His mother, Silvia Maldonado, has started a GoFundMe to raise funds for funeral expenses. According to the fundraiser description, Jose was the only one in the family with an income and helped his mother raise her three children. His brother, Christian Maldonado, tells us his family has been residents of Montgomery County their whole life.
Mason Binion was sentenced to 45 years in prison for the 2008 murder of 21 year old Silver Spring resident, Michael F. Taylor.
According to a press release from the United States Attorney’s Office, District of Columbia, the murder followed a “botched drug transaction.”
Montgomery County Police released the following statement on Facebook Tuesday afternoon:
Per MCPD:
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With the approval of the family, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office confirmed the name of the second deputy found deceased in St. Augustine, FL, on Saturday, January 30th. Deputy Abigail Bieber, a Montgomery County native who patrolled the northwest portion of Hillsborough County, Florida, was fatally shot on January 29, 2022. The death of Bieber was the result of a suspected murder-suicide, according to authorities. They said Detective Daniel Leyden, a member of the HCSO criminal investigations division, allegedly killed Bieber and then took his own life.
At 3:30 a.m. this morning, Rockville City Police responded to call for burglary on Bullard Circle. The homeowner found an unknown suspect in his home and chased him out.
Police believe the suspect entered the home through an unlocked door. RCPD Investigators have we’re canvassing the area this morning and afternoon for any video surveillance from nearby homes.
Per Montgomery County:
For Immediate Release: Thursday, January 20, 2022
Per MCPD:
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, January 12, 2022