Takoma Park

A $1 million Powerball ticket was sold in Montgomery County for the drawing held on Monday, December 20th. Per Maryland Lottery, the ticket was sold at New Hampshire Sunoco, 6360 New Hampshire Avenue, Takoma Park and remains unclaimed as of Dec. 27.

The full round up of winners across the state can be seen below, courtesy of MD Lottery:


Business

Earlier this week, National Convenience Distributors, LLC announced the acquisition of Century Distributors Inc., one of the Mid-Atlantic region’s largest full-line wholesale distributors to the convenience and grocery store industries. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Century Distributors, founded in 1976 and located in Rockville, Maryland, will join NCD as a newly created division. Currently, National Convenience Distributors is the 4th largest wholesale convenience distributor in the U.S., servicing 12 states along the I-95 corridor, with annual revenues in excess of $3 billion.


Business

Per VLP Therapeutics:

Gaithersburg, MD — US-based biotech company VLP Therapeutics, Inc. (VLPT) announced on December 27 that it has signed an agreement for an investment of US$21 million in a Series A-1 round from six investors, consisting of two new investors: Nobelpharma Co., Ltd.and MUFG Bank, Ltd., and four existing investors: Sojitz Corporation, MIYAKO Capital Co., Ltd., Mr. Robert G. Hisaoka and SK Impact Fund, LLC.


Silver Spring

Chief Spokesperson for Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services Pete Piringer tweeted today that Mauro Anderson Rodrigues, 44, has been arrested and charged in connection to several arson fires.

Rodrigues was arrested for several crimes including setting two ATMs on fire at a Bank of America on University Blvd W, attempting to ignite a Mercedes-Benz on fire on Tenbrook Dr, and attempting to ignite a dispensing fuel nozzle at a Shell gas station on Georgia Ave on 12/27, as well as igniting a fire while pouring gasoline from the pump onto the ground at the Sunoco Gas Station at 8384 Colesville Rd on 12/28.


Rockville

Christmas Eve, typically a night for Santa to reward good little boys and girls with toys. Unfortunately, for one Rockville man, breaking in and stealing pleasure toys from an adults only boutique, not one but twice, has landed him right at the top of RCPD’s naughty list.

At 4:33 a.m. on December 18, 2021, Rockville City Police responded to a call for a burglary at 765 Rockville Pike, the Knock First Adult Store and Couples Boutique. Officers discovered a large rock was used to smash out the glass on the front door. The suspect stole numerous adult toys and erotic products and fled in an unknown direction.