The Takoma Park Police Department has announced that Officer Mark Elfadl recently participated in the 2024 Tour de Force 9/11 Memorial Bike Ride, an incredible accomplishment that raised an impressive total of $528,137. This money will benefit the families of law enforcement officers who have been killed in the line of duty.

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Update: The subject has been taken into custody without any injuries to himself or officers. More information will be released when it becomes available.

The Maryland-National Capital Park Police (Montgomery County Division) and the Montgomery County Police Department are responding to an incident involving an armed, barricaded individual in Bethesda on Thursday afternoon.


The Maryland-National Capital Park Police have arrested Jose Ivan Cordova-Blanco of Hyattsville, Maryland, in connection to indecent conduct charges that occurred on Saturday, August 17, 2024, on Sligo Creek Trail in Takoma Park, Md. A mugshot was not provided in the press release.

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On Tuesday, Dennis Hinnant, 30, of Silver Spring, was sentenced to 40 years in prison for the second-degree murder of his wife, Taresha Pendarvis, after turning himself in to police and confessing to the crime in February 2023. (more…)


Last night, the Maryland Car Rally Task Force, in collaboration with state police and local law enforcement, dismantled eleven illegal exhibition driving events across Baltimore, Prince George’s, and Anne Arundel counties, resulting in seven arrests, the recovery of a stolen vehicle, and the seizure of an illegal firearm. (more…)


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