For Immediate Release: Thursday, October 28, 2021
Gaithersburg, MD – Detectives from the Montgomery County Police – 3rd District Patrol Investigative Unit are investigating two vandalisms that occurred on October 12 and 13 at Veterans Plaza in downtown Silver Spring. Detectives have released surveillance video of the two suspects and are asking for the public’s help in identifying them.
Authorities say a United States Park Police officer was involved in a shooting that occurred on the 200 block of Missouri Avenue in NW D.C. that led to a chase into Silver Spring early this morning.
According to Park Police, the suspect was chased approximately 10 minutes into Silver Spring where the driver crashed into several cars on Georgia Avenue and Colesville Road before being apprehended and taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
The Rockville City Police Department has released a traffic statement letting residents know to prepare for an event which could cause possibly widespread traffic delays/backups during the evening rush hour in the area of Mannakee St. & Rt. 355 today (10/26/21) between the hours of 4-7pm.
Per Rockville Police: “Motorists should seek alternate routes to avoid potential traffic jams.”
Video surveillance of the first-degree assault that occurred in Silver Spring on October 17th has been released (available at the end of this article).
Per Montgomery County Police:
10/27 Update: Sean Jones has been located safe and unharmed.
Per MissingKids, Sean Jones of Rockville has been missing since October 21st.
Governor Hogan held a “crime announcement” on Friday, October 15th.
Below you’ll see notes from his press conference, as tweeted by his Deputy Communications Director, Kata Hall:
Detectives from the Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) – Major Crimes Division continue to investigate the October 12 armed robbery of a bank in Rockville. Investigators are asking for the public’s help in identifying the suspect.
On Tuesday, October 12, at approximately 4:00 p.m., 1st District Officers and Rockville City Police responded to a bank in the 1100 block of Nelson Street for the report of a robbery that just occurred.
Shortly before 4PM Tuesday, Officers responded to a reported bank robbery at the Essex Bank on Nelson Street in Rockville, in the plaza visible from Northbound I-270.
Officers determined that a suspect armed with a handgun robbed the bank and then fled the scene. The Rockville City Police Department is investigating in collaboration with Montgomery County Police. The incident was captured on security cameras. Further details were not immediately available.
Update: Montgomery County Police are saying that a Poolesville homeowner shot and killed an intruder on Monday morning.
WTOP reports that the man called 911 around 9am to report that someone was breaking into his home. Police spokeswoman Shira Goff said that gunshots were then heard during the 911 call and officers found a dead man inside the house when they arrived at the scene.
Vanessa Moya is in critical, but stable, condition after a driver ran her over twice in a Pike & Rose parking lot early Thursday morning.
We spoke with Adriana Moya, Vanessa Moya’s sister, who told us that a fight broke out in a parking lot at Pike & Rose between 2am and 3am. Adriana tells us that Vanessa attempted to help keep peace when she was run over by a driver. The driver then ran her over once more while speeding away from the incident.
Press Release From the City of Gaithersburg on a Grand Jury’s Decision to Not Indict Officers Involved in January 8 Shooting Death of Kwamena Ocran
Per the City of Gaithersburg: