A Montgomery County Circuit Court judge sentenced Ervin Alfaro-Lopez, 34, of Germantown, to 55 years in prison, with all but 20 years suspended, after he pleaded guilty to sexual abuse of a minor and three counts of third-degree sex offense.
Crime
The Montgomery County Police Department (MCPS) responded at 6:57 p.m. on Sunday, December 21, to a shooting in the 8300 block of Colesville Road in Silver Spring. (more…)
Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown announced that Dr. Andrew T. Fried, a licensed dentist and owner of Perry Hall Family Dental in Nottingham, MD, pleaded guilty to narcotics distribution and improper prescribing of controlled substances and was sentenced to 10 years in prison with all but one day suspended, followed by probation.
Several Montgomery County residents are among those who have now pled guilty in a large, multi-member federal money laundering conspiracy that involved millions of dollars in fraud proceeds, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland.
Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) Fifth District officers were dispatched at approximately 4:15 p.m. on Thursday, December 18, to a reported stabbing in the 20200 block of Red Buckeye Court in Germantown. (more…)
An inmate previously convicted in a high-profile Montgomery County gold bar scam has died while in state custody, according to Maryland State Police.
Montgomery County police are investigating a shooting that occurred Wednesday night in the Calverton area.
Montgomery County police arrested a 17-year-old in Germantown on Tuesday after locating the suspect in connection with a robbery and auto theft investigation and recovering a loaded handgun with a high-capacity magazine.
The Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) responded to a reported shooting around 4:51 p.m. on Wednesday, December 17, in the area of Lost Knife Road and Odendhal Avenue in Gaithersburg. (more…)
The Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) 3rd District Holiday Crime Suppression Task Force officers arrested an adult male in Silver Spring on December 17 after recovering a stolen vehicle during a theft investigation at a Target store on Cherry Hill Road. (more…)
A Lanham, MD woman who worked as a direct support professional was found guilty of second-degree abuse and neglect of a vulnerable adult after evidence showed she physically assaulted a non-verbal person in her care.