Gaithersburg

Press Release: IID Responds to Fatal Officer-Involved Shooting in Montgomery County (Gaithersburg)

By MCS Staff

Press Release from Maryland Attorney General’s Office: The Independent Investigations Division (IID) of the Maryland Office of the Attorney General responded to a fatal officer-involved shooting that occurred in Montgomery County, Maryland, on Wednesday morning.

As a result of the involved deputy’s duty assignment to the federal task force, the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) Baltimore Field Office is conducting the initial investigation. The IID retains an obligation under Maryland law to conduct its own investigation and write its own report of the shooting. At the conclusion of the ID’s investigation, that report will be referred to the relevant State’s Attorney’s Office to consider whether state charges are appropriate.

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MoCo Government

Montgomery County Leaders and Officials to Announce Resolution to Address and Define Antisemitism

By Patrick Herron

The resolution, introduced by the Council and led by Councilmember Friedson, comes in response to the disturbing rise of antisemitism and acts of assault, vandalism and harassment against Jewish community members and Jewish organizations across the County and nation.

The resolution adopts the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) Working Definition of Antisemitism and reaffirms the Council’s commitment to combat all forms of hate and extremism and reflects the Council’s strong support for and solidarity with Montgomery County’s Jewish community.

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Maryland

MoCo Native Wes Moore Wins Democratic Nomination for Maryland Governor

By MCS Staff

Wes Moore has won the Democratic nomination for Maryland Governor, according to several projections. He has defeated former Democratic National Committee chairman Tom Perez, Maryland comptroller Peter Franchot, former Education Secretary John King, and former Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler in the primary and will move on to the General Election against Dan Cox.

Moore is a native of Takoma Park, who grew up in the area until he was 6 years old, moving to New York after his father passed away. He returned to Maryland for college and attended Johns Hopkins University where he studied international relations and economics and graduated Omicron Delta Kappa and Phi Beta Kappa in 2001. From 2017 to 2021 Moore served as the CEO of the Robin Hood Foundation– a charitable organization which attempts to alleviate problems caused by poverty in New York City.

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MoCo Government

County Council Seeks Applicants for Policing Advisory Commission

By Patrick Herron

The public members on the Commission should reflect a range of ethnicities, socioeconomic status and places of origin to reflect the racial and economic diversity of the County’s communities, including religious creed, age, sex – including on the basis of gender identity or orientation, disability and geographic location, with emphasis on those disproportionately impacted by inequities; and have an interest or expertise in policing matters. Public members must participate in the Montgomery County Police Department’s Citizen Academy.

The 15-member Commission consists of nine voting public members nominated and appointed by the County Council; four voting public members nominated by the County Executive and appointed by the County Council; and two non-voting ex officio members appointed by the County Council: the Police Chief or the Police Chief’s designee, and the President of an employee organization certified under Article V of Chapter 33 (Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 35) or the President’s designee.

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Gaithersburg

Signage Up at CVS in Kentlands

By Patrick Herron

Construction continues to progress at the upcoming CVS location in the Kentlands and “coming soon” signage was erected earlier this week.

We first reported that CVS would be taking over the old Tommy Joe’s/Boulevard Tavern/Brasserie Beck/O’Donnell’s location in the Kentlands back in 2019. There’s no timetable for when CVS will be ready to open, but it wouldn’t surprise us if it opened by this end of this fall.

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MoCo Police

Missing 27-Year-Old Montgomery County Man Found Dead

By MCS Staff

Missing Montgomery County man, Tyrell Jamaal Grice who was last seen in the Aspen Hill area, has been located deceased. According to Montgomery County Police, no foul play is suspected in his death.

Per our previous report: Detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police – 4th District Investigative Section were asking for the public’s assistance in locating a missing 27-year-old. Tyrell Jamaal Grice was last seen on Sunday, July 17, 2022, at approximately 1 a.m., in the 4900 block of McCall St.

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Rockville

(Located) Detectives Ask for Assistance in Locating Missing 14-Year-Old

By Patrick Herron

Jackson Hoppe was last seen at approximately 4:40 a.m., on Friday, July 22, 2022, walking in the 100 block of Watkins Pond Boulevard in Rockville.

Hoppe is approximately 5-feet, 3-inches tall and weighs 90 pounds. He has brown hair and brown eyes.  He was last seen wearing a gray hoodie and either black sweatpants or black shorts.

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Burtonsville

Police Investigating String of Bank Robberies in Montgomery County

By Patrick Herron

On Tuesday, January 18, 2022, Montgomery County Police 3rd District officers responded to the Sandy Spring Bank, located on the 3500 block of Spencerville Rd. in Burtonsville, for a bank robbery that just occurred. The preliminary investigation revealed that at approximately 3:10 p.m., the male suspect entered the bank and approached a teller window. Once at the window, the suspect slid a note to the teller, announcing the robbery and demanding money. The teller complied and gave the suspect an undisclosed amount of money.

The suspect left the bank in an unknown direction.

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Gaithersburg

Updated Opening Information for Pollo Campero on 355 in Gaithersburg

By Patrick Herron

Pollo Campero has additional Montgomery County locations in Takoma Park and Wheaton. The Downtown Silver Spring location closed in December, 2021.

The fried chicken chain, which originated in Guatemala, opened its first location in 1971 and has grown to over 400 locations worldwide, including over 70 in the United States.

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Celebrities

MoCo Native Tim Kurkjian Will Be Honored at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown on Sunday

By MCS Staff
Bristol, CT - April 2, 2014 - Photo Studio: Portrait of Tim Kurkjian (Photo by Rich Arden / ESPN Images)

Tim Kurkjian will have his life-changing Cooperstown moment when he is presented the 2022 Baseball Writers’ Association of America’s Career Excellence Award as part of the Hall of Fame Induction in Cooperstown on Sunday. The 2022 Induction Ceremony will take place at 1:30 p.m. ET Sunday, July 24, on the grounds of the Clark Sports Center.

Kurkjian attended Walter Johnson High School in Bethesda, where he played on the school’s basketball and baseball teams. At the suggestion of his basketball coach, Kurkjian began writing for the student newspaper, The Pitch, and the school’s yearbook, “The Wind-up.” He eventually became the sports editor of The Pitch and realized that journalism would be the surest means of fulfilling his childhood dream of making a living in professional sports. He graduated from the school in 1974 and after some time away, still lives in MoCo today.

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Events

Takoma Park Participating in ‘National Night Out’ Hosted by Police Department

By MCS Staff

The City of Takoma Park will be participating in National Night Out, an annual event hosted by the police department to bring the community together as a whole to increase awareness of safety and crime prevention; to support locally-based businesses, groups and organizations; and to strengthen relationships among the community members and between the community and location police department. The City’s National Night Out Against Crime observance takes place every year the first Tuesday in August.  National Night Out is held by individual communities to demonstrate their commitment to being partners in the fight against crime.  National Night Out Against Crime is designed to heighten awareness, strengthen neighborhood spirit and enhance police-community relations.

The following roads will be closed, and/, or there will be no parking on August 2, 2022, from 3:00 pm to 10:00  pm:

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