Montgomery County Police are asking the public’s assistances in identifying a non-verbal man that walked into a hospital on April 20.  Per MCPD: “Montgomery County Department of Police is asking for assistance in identifying and locating guardians or family members for a male that walked into a Montgomery County hospital Thursday, April 20 at approximately 8:30 p.m. He is approximately 5-feet 8-inches to 5-feet 9-inches tall, with short black hair and all black clothing. He is non-verbal.

Anyone with information regarding guardians or family is asked to call Montgomery County Police Non-Emergency (301) 279-8000 (24-hour line).”


Wudaise Melese has been located safe and unharmed after previously being last seen on August 1, 2022. Montgomery County provided the update on Thursday morning without any additional information. Last week, it was reported that detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police- Cold Case Section were continuing to ask for the public’s assistance in locating Wudaise Melese, who was last seen on Monday, August 1, 2022, in the 3400 block of Landing Way.

UPDATE: Wudaise Melese has been located safe and unharmed. Thank you for sharing.


Please know that your Montgomery County Officers are trained on effective response to all types of calls for those who have autism/IDD to include calls for wandering. We understand the urgency in response and the challenges of caring for an individual that may wander. We only want to find your loved one safe. MCPD responds to an average of 3-8 calls a week, for individuals we locate before families call 911.

Please do not wait to call 911 if your loved, who has autism/ IDD, is missing. We know that there will be bumps in the road in caring for a child/adult that has autism and a propensity to wander.


Detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police – Special Victims Investigations Division (SVID) are asking for the public’s assistance in locating Jayla Hungerford, a missing 16-year-old from Gaithersburg. Hungerford was last seen on Saturday, April 15, 2023, at approximately 9 a.m., on South Frederick Ave.

Hungerford is approximately 5-feet, 7-inches tall and weighs 125 pounds. She has brown hair, brown eyes and was last seen wearing a black hoodie, a grey shirt and black shorts. Hungerford has three tattoos: Tinkerbell, on her left chest, a heart, on the right side of her lower back and a cross, on her left ankle.


One in three teens experience dating abuse. So the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, Police, State’s Attorney’s Office, Family Justice Center and MCPS have teamed up for RespectFest to begin discussing what healthy dating relationships look like early on. RespectFest is currently running (April 10-16) with virtual seminars and events running through April 14th. Then the in-person festival will be held on Sunday April 16th from 1-4 p.m. at the Wheaton Community Rec Center and Park. 

The family-friendly event will include activities to learn about dating violence, consent, how to help a friend, what the warning signs are and what the resources are in the community. There will also be performances, FREE food, yoga and self-defense demos, raffle prizes, a resource fair with other community organizations, and story-time at the Wheaton Library. 


Per MCPD: Montgomery County Department of Police Chief Marcus Jones is pleased to announce the hiring of Mariela Leon as the Hispanic Community Liaison. Leon joined the County in 2015, where she worked with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as an Income Assistance Program Specialist (Case Manager). In this role she worked closely with county residents of all ethnicities, providing Spanish language translation; helped residents in need of medical assistance; worked with undocumented pregnant women and children to obtain medical coverage; and referred victims of sexual assault to the Victim Assistance and Sexual Assault Program or the Crisis Center.

In 2017, Leon transferred to the Office of Human Resources.  As a Recruitment specialist, she worked on improving hiring in Montgomery County Government as part of the Latino Workforce team. She wrote how-to guides on the recruitment process in Spanish, provided bilingual support to candidates and created social media accounts for the recruitment and selection team. Leon’s family immigrated from Central America. Her father is from Guatemala and mother is from El Salvador. She is the first person in her family to attend a university, earning a Bachelor of Applied Science and Criminal Justice, and a Master of Business Administration with a concentration in Human Resources Management. Leon has a passion for helping others and is excited to be a part of the Montgomery County Police Department. She is assigned to the Office of Public Information.


UPDATE: Asoke Mukherjee has been located safe and unharmed.

Detectives from the Gaithersburg Police Department – Investigative Section are asking for the public’s assistance in locating, Asoke Mukherjee, a missing 73-year-old from Gaithersburg. Mukherjee was last seen on Saturday, April 1, 2023, at approximately 5 p.m., in the 200 block of Sportsman Way.


On Saturday, April 22, 2023, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., community members can drop off unused, unwanted, or expired prescription drugs, as Montgomery County participates in #NationalPrescriptionDrugTakeBackDay. Gaithersburg, Rockville, and Takoma Park Police will also be participating.

This is a safe, free and anonymous opportunity to dispose of unused, unwanted or expired prescription drugs and is a part of a national effort to prevent the increasing problems of prescription drug abuse occurring nationwide.


At approximately 6:34 pm, the Montgomery County Police Department responded to the 2700 block of Spartan Road for the report of a shooting that had just occurred.  The preliminarily investigation […]


The Police Accountability Board (PAB) is asking for public feedback about public safety. This Thursday, they’ll host a hybrid listening session in White Oak. Please register beforehand if you plan to join online from 7pm to 9pm. Additional information, by the Montgomery County Government website, is available below:


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