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Rockville teen dies after car crashes into pond in Wicomico County
Rockville teen Matthew Garcia died Wednesday night after crashing a Honda Civic into a Wicomico pond, according to a preliminary police investigation.
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Germantown man charged after allegedly sniffing child’s bare feet at Dave & Buster’s
Christopher Michael Simpson is charged with assault for allegedly sniffing a 10-year-old child’s bare feet at a Dave & Buster’s in downtown Silver Spring last year.
Montgomery County Police charged Christopher Michael Simpson with assault for allegedly sniffing a 10-year-old child’s bare feet at a Dave & Buster’s in downtown Silver Spring last year.
Frederick man charged with vehicular manslaughter in Germantown crash that killed pedestrian
Dione Jordan is charged with vehicular manslaughter in an August crash that killed a pedestrian, Montgomery County Police said on Thursday.
A Baltimore County police vehicle’s lights flash while parked outside of the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, Md. on Thursday, March 13, 2025.
Driver of tractor trailer charged in crash that killed Silver Spring man
A Severn man was charged in a tractor trailer crash in 2025 that led to the death of a Silver Spring man.
A police line do not cross tape blocks a pathway near Penn Station.
Mother of Wootton High shooting victim says her son was bullied
The teen who was shot at Wootton High School on Monday was bullied, his mother said.
A Montgomery County Police officer walks past the barricaded Thomas S. Wootton High School after a reported shooting at the school on Monday.
Suspect charged with murder in the 2023 death of Gaithersburg man
A defendant was arrested in the death of a Gaithersburg man whose body was found in a Germantown creek in 2023.
Rockville teen charged with attempted murder in Wootton High School shooting
A 16-year-old student has been charged as an adult in Monday’s Wootton High School shooting, including attempted second-degree murder.
Montgomery County Assistant Police Chief David McBain speaks about a shooting at Thomas S. Wootton High School at a press conference in Rockville on Monday evening.
Alleged student shooter at Wootton High School will be tried as an adult, police say
A student was shot at Thomas S. Wootton High School in Rockville, Montgomery County Police said Monday.
An ATF agent walks past a police barricade near Thomas S. Wootton High School after a reported shooting at the school on Monday.
Police charge man with decades-old sexual assaults
Montgomery County Police say Carl Rice Jr., of Mitchells, Virginia, has been linked to sexual assaults committed in 1988 and 1990.
Germantown man arrested for alleged sexual abuse of minor
Nelvis Gonzalez Prudencio of Germantown was arrested at Dulles Airport for allegedly sexually abusing a child.
Police search for suspect who damaged windows at Rockville day care
Montgomery County Police are searching for a vandalism suspect who damaged a Rockville day care in January.
A Ring camera captured the suspect, who police say damaged windows at a day care in Rockville.
Murder convictions overturned in 2022 botched drug deal
Jackson Alexander Garcia and Malik Jefferson had their 2022 murder convictions overturned by the state’s appellate court.
A guard tower and barbed wire are seen outside the Maryland Correctional Institution in Hagerstown on Wednesday, August 7, 2024.
Students return to Blair High School after bomb threat investigation
Authorities evacuated Blair High School after of a bomb threat Wednesday morning, Montgomery County Police said.
A Montgomery County Police vehicle is seen in Silver Spring, Maryland on Saturday, March 2, 2024.
Name change for immigrant advocacy group means it will ‘meet the moment,’ new leader says
With a fresh rebrand, We Are CASA vows to confront the federal government’s deportation efforts head-on.
CASA incoming executive director George Escobar speaks during a press conference to introduce a new county bill, the Montgomery County Trust Act, that councilmembers say will protect the community against ICE. The press conference was held with the immigrant advocacy group CASA in Rockville, MD.
Bonnie Cullison announces retirement, creating an opportunity in District 19
A familiar candidate emerges in District 19 to replace Bonnie Cullison, Reardon Sullivan enters District 1 council race and CAIR calls for Palestinian education.
Del. Bonnie Cullison, a Montgomery County Democrat, announced her retirement this week.
12-year-old behind swatting call in Montgomery Village that prompted a heavy police response
A 12-year-old girl who made a swatting call about a shooting in Montgomery Village last year won’t be charged because Maryland law prohibits it, police said.
Collapsed pipeline spilled ‘catastrophic’ levels of pollutants into Potomac River, environmental group says
Environmental groups are calling the Jan. 19 break in the Potomac Interceptor, a major sewer pipe, catastrophic for the Potomac River.
A section of the 54-mile Potomac Interceptor, which runs along the Clara Barton Parkway near Interstate 49, collapsed earlier this week.

The Interceptor handles up to 60 million gallons of wastewater a day, moving it from parts of Virginia and Maryland to the Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant in Washington, D.C.
Montgomery County Police investigate fatal pedestrian crash from November
Montgomery County Police are investigating the death of pedestrian Vipa Sankanung, who was struck by a vehicle in Rockville in November.
Washington County: Feds’ plan for immigration detention near Hagerstown cannot be stopped
The federal government moved quickly over the last month to establish a foothold in Maryland, notifying Washington County officials of its intentions just days before inking the deed giving it full ownership of the property in Williamsport, just outside of Hagerstown.
his new warehouse off Hopewell Road outside Hagerstown has beed toured by government officials for possible use as an ICE detention facility.
Car stuck in the ice? Montgomery County is not going to tow it.
Montgomery County officials said they will not tow cars that are stuck in ice and snow on residential streets during and after the snow emergency.
Snow piles up on Thayer Avenue, just south of downtown Silver Spring, on Sunday morning.
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