Montgomery County police responded to several notable crimes across the county on July 15, including multiple catalytic converter thefts, vehicle-related thefts, burglaries, assaults, a robbery, a hate/bias incident, and an arrest in a commercial burglary case.
The Damascus High School cheerleading program is remembering one of its most beloved supporters, June S. Ward, who passed away peacefully on April 18, 2026, at the age of 87.
Montgomery County police are asking for the public’s help identifying a suspect in an attempted first-degree murder that occurred at a Silver Spring restaurant last week.
Detectives with the Montgomery County Department of Police’s Special Victims Investigations Division are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 15-year-old Audy Lopez-Oliva.
Montgomery County Council President Natali Fani-González, Vice President Marilyn Balcombe and Councilmember Laurie-Anne Sayles announced a new legislative approach to data center development, proposing to codify the county’s current six-month moratorium while advancing zoning restrictions on hyperscale facilities. (more…)
In a press release issued Wednesday, July 15, Montgomery County Police asked for the public’s help identifying a suspect wanted in connection with a hate bias assault that occurred earlier this year in Silver Spring.
The Montgomery County Police Department shared the following overview of reported calls for service from July 14, 2026.
New Hampshire Avenue is closed between Piney Branch Road and Adelphi Road while Prince George’s County Police investigate a vehicle collision in the Adelphi area.
Montgomery County health and emergency management officials are urging residents to take precautions as a prolonged heat wave is expected to impact the region through at least Friday, July 17. Heat index values, or “feels like” temperatures, could reach as high as 106 degrees, increasing the risk of heat-related illnesses. (more…)
Montgomery County Police Department 5th District officers are on the scene of a mental health crisis involving an adult male at a home in the 19500 block of Frederick Road in Germantown.
Montgomery County Council President Natali Fani-González issued a statement Tuesday following the recent fatal shootings of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Texas and Joan Sebastian Guerrero in Maine during encounters with Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, calling for independent investigations and stronger protections for immigrant communities. (more…)