Fernando J. Herrera-Rivera, age 23, of Gaithersburg, has pled guilty to four counts of 2nd degree arson in connection with a spree of fires that occurred early morning on Sunday, September 17 in Gaithersburg. Herrea-Rivera was arrested in the area of N. Frederick Ave that same morning after police used video surveillance footage and witness accounts to identify him. Herrera-Rivera was also wanted on a bench warrant for an unrelated charge. (more…)


The Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) has charged Adelaida Consuelo Zacarias Chacon, of Germantown, and Reyna Gomez Lopez, of Philadelphia, with first-degree conspiracy to commit murder after an investigation revealed that Chacon allegedly paid Gomez Lopez to arrange a murder-for-hire plot against her ex-boyfriend.

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The Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) have arrested and charged 26-year-old Abraham Luna Perez with first-degree murder in the October 22 homicide of his roommate, 19-year-old Diego Edilberto Borja-Cardona, who was found dead near a bus stop on Piney Branch Road in Silver Spring. (more…)


The Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) has announced that Tiffany Zhang, 29, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder after allegedly confessing to killing her mother, Guichun Hu, whose body was found near their residence in 19400 block of Olive Tree Way in Gaithersburg on Monday.

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Jonathan Mohelski, 39, of Rockville, was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter for the 2021 stabbing death of his friend, Brandon Sutherland, after a retrial in Montgomery County Circuit Court, and faces up to ten years in prison with sentencing yet to be scheduled. (more…)


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