Nasir Wilkinson, 23, of District Heights, was sentenced in Montgomery County Circuit Court to 35 years in prison for attempted first-degree murder and witness retaliation. Wilkinson had already been serving time for a 2024 stabbing in Germantown and received additional prison time after sending threatening letters to the victim and a family member in 2025. (more…)


The Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) arrested 18-year-old Amilio Xavier Hernandez of Hyattsville on September 10 for an armed carjacking at the  Exxon gas station in the 10200 block of New Hampshire Avenue in Silver Spring in June, charging him with armed carjacking and related offenses. (more…)


A 60-year-old Rockville woman was arrested and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol on September 12, 2025, in Easton, MD after police received multiple alerts about her vehicle swerving on Ocean Gateway and being linked to a hit-and-run near Route 404. (more…)


ABC’s 20/20 recently revisited a Montgomery County case that haunted the Chevy Chase community for more than two decades– the 2001 murder of 49-year-old Leslie Preer. The episode, titled “First Comes Love, Then Comes Murder,” walked through how advances in DNA technology helped bring long-awaited closure to Preer’s family. The episode premiered on Sept. 12th at and is now available to stream on Hulu and Disney Plus.

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