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Crime
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at Washington Dulles International Airport intercepted 23 pounds of marijuana in the checked luggage of Octavious Lamar Dozier, 27, of Atlanta, on August 5, leading to his arrest by Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Police. This was the second such arrest in three days at Dulles, as authorities report an ongoing trend of attempts to smuggle marijuana to Europe where it commands higher profits. (more…)
Montgomery County Police 3rd District officers and Fire Rescue were dispatched around 10:45 p.m. to the 8200 block of Georgia Avenue for a reported stabbing. (more…)
Montgomery County Police 3rd District officers are investigating a reported carjacking in the 13600 block of Georgia Avenue in Aspen Hill.
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U.S. District Court Judge Deborah L. Boardman sentenced Mikiyas Kefyalew, 27, of Silver Spring, Maryland, to eight years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing fentanyl that resulted in the death of a Bethesda, Maryland, minor in January 2022.
Officers from the Montgomery County Department of Police – 3rd District, Central Business District Team are seeking the public’s help in identifying a suspect wanted for theft and fraud. (more…)
One year after the fatal shooting of 10-year-old Tyron Colbert Jr. in Salisbury, Maryland State Police continue to investigate and are offering a $25,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible. (more…)
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Updated with the latest information from the Queen Anne’s County Sheriff’s Office
On August 11, 2025, at approximately 6:00 p.m., deputies of the Queen Anne’s County Office of the Sheriff, assigned to the 4H Fair in Centreville, MD, were alerted to an attempted kidnapping. The Sheriff’s Office and QAC Fair Board emergency response plan was immediately activated, and deputies quickly saturated the area.
MCPD is investigating a shooting that occurred Monday night in Fairland in which a teenage male was shot in the thigh while walking on a footpath, sustaining non-life-threatening injuries.
On Monday, Maryland Governor Wes Moore criticized President Trump’s decision to deploy the National Guard for municipal policing in Washington, D.C., calling it dangerous and politically motivated, and contrasted it with Maryland’s recent decline in violent crime.
On August 10, at approximately 4:30 pm, the Takoma Park Police Department responded to a report of indecent exposure in the 7000 block of Westmoreland Avenue (People’s Book).
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