The Gaithersburg Police Department (GBPD) have arrested 31-year-old Jovani Ramos in connection with a stabbing at Cancun Mexican Restaurant on December 26, 2024, charging him with attempted second-degree murder and multiple assault offenses, and he is currently being held without bond.
A hit-and-run in Gaithersburg on January 27, 2025, led to a stolen vehicle, a home invasion in Germantown, and an armed police pursuit across state lines, ending in Virginia with the arrest of 32-year-old Esmeraldo Martinez De La Cruz, who was reported missing from New York along with his 4-year-old daughter. Martinez now faces multiple charges in both Virginia and Montgomery County. (more…)
The Maryland Attorney General’s Independent Investigations Division released body-worn camera footage from a December 24, 2024, police-involved in-custody death in Gaithersburg, where a man died after being restrained and receiving emergency medical treatment. (more…)
The Maryland Attorney General’s Independent Investigations Division announced a delay in releasing body-worn camera footage from a December 24, 2024, in-custody police incident in Gaithersburg to allow for necessary redactions and compliance with protocols. (more…)
Detectives from the Gaithersburg Police Department – Investigative Section are investigating a stabbing that occurred in the area of Kentlands Boulevard and Commerce Square Place in Gaithersburg.
Update: Located Safe and Unharmed
The Gaithersburg Police Department (GPD) is seeking the public’s assistance in locating Angela Hope Spruiel, a 62-year-old woman missing since Dec. 31. (more…)
The Maryland Attorney General’s Independent Investigations Division has identified 35-year-old Marvin Salamanca Garcia as the decedent and seven Gaithersburg Police Department officers involved in the December 24, 2024, police-involved in-custody death, which remains under investigation. (more…)
The Maryland Attorney General’s Independent Investigations Division is investigating a police-involved in-custody death that occurred after a disturbance in Gaithersburg on December 24, 2024, where a man became unconscious and later died at the hospital. (more…)
The Gaithersburg Police Department responded to a disturbance in the 300blk N. Summit Avenue on Tuesday, December 24, 2024, at approximately 10:15pm, where they found a blood-covered man who later died in the hospital after receiving emergency medical treatment. Gaithersburg police wrote “The Maryland Attorney General’s Independent Investigations Division (IID) is investigating a police-involved in-custody death following an incident on December 24.”
Detectives from the Gaithersburg Police Department – Investigative Section are investigating a shooting that occurred in the 300 block of Copley Place in Gaithersburg’s Downtown Crown neighborhood.
Last week, we reported that Montgomery County Police, in partnership with Homeland Security and IRS-CI, announced it has led a successful investigation dismantling a Prince George’s County theft and fencing ring trafficking stolen goods worth $270,000 from major retailers and generating over $1 million in untaxed revenue with merchandise shipped to South America. On Monday, Attorney General Anthony G. Brown announced the indictment of four individuals involved.