A Montgomery County jury found Edgard Castro-Contreras, 21, guilty on charges of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit first-degree murder for his role in a 2022 gang-related shooting that killed o20-year-old Edvin Agustin Leon and critically injured another. He faces multiple life sentences plus 40 years at his August 2025 sentencing. The case involves several co-defendants linked to the MS-13 gang, with trials and sentencing still pending for others. (more…)
The Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD has announced that the deaths of a married couple found in their Chevy Chase home have been ruled a murder-suicide.
The Montgomery County Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying three suspects involved in a residential burglary that occurred back in February.
Demonta King, 18, of Chevy Chase, MD, pleaded guilty today for carjacking a taxicab driver at knifepoint in November 2024 and robbing another victim at gunpoint when he was 16 in August 2022, announced U.S. Attorney Edward R. Martin, Jr., Chief Pamela Smith, of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).
The Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) responded to a shooting at 10:41am on Sunday in Montgomery Village.
The Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) has announced the arrest of a 23-year-old Prince George’s County man in connection with the March 8, 2025, shooting death of 23-year-old Jonah Kimindu Mutua on Fairdale Terrace in Silver Spring. (more…)
The Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) is seeking two suspects in a commercial burglary that occurred on March 19, 2025, at 11:51 p.m. in the 7900 block of Fenton Street in Silver Spring.
On April 2, at approximately 8:50 am, Takoma Park Police responded to the 1100 block of University Blvd. for the report of a strong-arm robbery. (more…)
The Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) has arrested a 16-year-old from Wheaton and a 17-year-old from Olney on multiple handgun charges following a traffic stop near the Glenmont Shopping Center on April 2, 2025. (more…)
An employee at the Kentlands Starbucks in Gaithersburg was assaulted behind the counter by two unidentified females on Wednesday afternoon. (more…)
Oliver Hernandez-Caballero, 26, of Damascus, was sentenced to 25 years in prison, suspending all but 14 years, plus five years of supervised probation, following his conviction for first-degree child abuse of his five-month-old baby. (more…)