MoCo Police
Detectives from the Gaithersburg Police Department – Investigative Section are asking for the public’s assistance in locating, Jeryn Murillo Velasquez, a missing 18-year-old from Gaithersburg.
Below is a brief summary of events regarding the death of a person that occurred at the Middlebrook Mobile Home Park in Germantown, according to Montgomery County Police:
“At approximately 8:53 p.m., 5th District officers and Montgomery County Fire Rescue personnel responded to the 19500 block of Frederick Road for the report of a stabbing.
Update: Police has stated “Watkins Mill High School is no longer on lockdown. The report was determined to be unfounded.” However, the school continued the lockdown following that communication.. An email went out to staff at 12:05 stating the school will move to a shelter-in-place with a closed lunch, and the announcement was made to the school at 12:19pm.
The Maryland-National Capital Park Police (Montgomery County division) found a dog wandering on a trail at Lake Needwood in Derwood on Monday night.
Update: The repairs have been made and the road is now open.
In September 2022, Montgomery County Police announced that an arrest was made in connection to the 1971 murder of Captain James Tappen Hall, a Montgomery County Special Deputy Sheriff who died from injuries sustained after being shot at the Manor Country Club in Rockville. Larry Smith, then 71, was arrested and suspected of shooting and killing Montgomery County Special Deputy Sheriff Captain James Tappen Hall 53 years prior. His trial ended in a hung jury Wednesday,
Randolph Rd. has been closed at Nebel St. due to malfunction railroad arms, according to the Montgomery County Police Department.