U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has arrested 26-year-old Nelson Vladimir Amaya-Benitez, an alleged MS-13 gang member and illegal Salvadoran national, in Gaithersburg, following multiple convictions including second-degree malicious burning, rogue and vagabond, and possession of marijuana. (more…)
The Gaithersburg Police Department (GPD) has arrested and charged a 65-year-old Gaithersburg man with robbery, second-degree assault, and home invasion in connection with a May 3 incident where a victim was assaulted and had groceries stolen from their garage. (more…)
In the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, MD, Judge Jeannie Cho has sentenced defendant William Alvarenga, 21, of Gaithersburg, to 33 years in prison, suspending all but five years to serve and five years of supervised probation upon release after posting a threat towards a police officer on social media.
The Maryland State Police Department charged a Rockville man with multiple felonies, including first-degree assault and firearm use during a felony, after he allegedly pointed a gun at another driver during a road-rage incident on I-270 in Montgomery County.
The Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) is investigating a fatal stabbing that occurred on Thursday, May 15, in the 11400 block of Lockwood Drive in White Oak.
Chief Antonio DeVaul of the Takoma Park Police Department announced the arrest of Donovan Xzavier Rivas, 20, of Rockville, Maryland, on a first-degree assault charge.
A 24-year-old Germantown man was killed in a hit-and-run crash early Sunday morning in Northwest D.C. after a stolen Infiniti struck his moped at 7th Street and New York Avenue. (more…)
A Montgomery County jury convicted a 23-year-old defendant of first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, firearm offenses, and reckless endangerment for a 2023 shooting on a Metrobus that resulted in one death and endangered multiple passengers. (more…)
A Maryland man was sentenced to five years of supervised probation after being convicted of willfully filing a false Maryland tax return by failing to report $347,000 he stole from a church insurance payout.
On May 12, 2025, at approximately 11:30 pm, Takoma Park Police responded to the 6900 block of New Hampshire Avenue (7-Eleven) for a panic alarm.
A Gaithersburg man has been sentenced to life in prison, suspending all but 30 years to serve, followed by five years of supervised probation for his role in a fatal 2022 drive-by shooting and a separate 2022 assault, with a recommendation for admission to the Patuxent Youthful Offender program. (more…)