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Georgia Avenue, Wheaton, MD

Fingerprints Lead Officers To Burglar Wanted For Months In Montgomery County, Police Say Fingerprints Lead Officers To Burglar Wanted For Months In Montgomery County, Police Say
Fingerprints Lead Officers To Burglar Wanted For Months In Montgomery County, Police Say Fingerprints led investigators to a man who broke into a mobile phone shop in Montgomery County months ago, police said. The burglary occurred around 4 a.m. at the Cricket Wireless store in the 11300 block of Georgia Avenue in Wheaton on Friday, Nov. 17, Montgomery County Police said in a Monday release. Mukhtar Ali Mohamed, 27, allegedly broke into the store, stole merchandise and left. Mohamed, of Silver Spring, touched a glass door with his right hand just before he tried to burglarize the Montgomery County Liquor Store just one block down about an hour beforehand, ultimately leavin…
Footage From Fatal Police Pursuit In Montgomery County Released By Maryland AG Footage From Fatal Police Pursuit In Montgomery County Released By Maryland AG
Footage From Fatal Police Pursuit In Montgomery County Released By Maryland AG Authorities have released the dashboard and bodycam footage from a deadly police chase and crash in Montgomery County last December. The footage was released by the Independent Investigations Division (IID) of the Maryland Office of the Attorney General, who is investigating the case with help from the Maryland State Police Crash Team. Footage shows the Montgomery County Police officers attempting to stop a white Nissan Maxima near Bucknell Drive and Cambridge Park Court in Wheaton around 10:15 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 13. During the attempted stop, the Nissan hit a marked Montgomery County…
Wrong Stop: Drinking Carjackers Attempt To Steal Ride-On Metro Bus In Wheaton, Police Say Wrong Stop: Drinking Carjackers Attempt To Steal Ride-On Metro Bus In Wheaton, Police Say
Wrong Stop: Drinking Carjackers Attempt To Steal Ride-On Metro Bus In Wheaton, Police Say Two men who didn't like where their bus was heading took matters into their own hands and tried to take it over in Maryland, police say. Early on Friday morning, Ricko Ford, of Capitol Heights, 29, and 30-year-old Gaithersburg resident Wayne Pitt allegedly sought to a Ride-On Metro Bus in Wheaton in a strange carjacking that was called in overnight. The incident was reported shortly before 12:30 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 11 in the area of Connecticut Avenue and Georgia Avenue. Investigators say that the pair were picked up at the Glenmont Metro Station in Wheaton, when they advised the bus driv…
Teen To Be Tried As Adult After Being Busted With 'Ghost Gun' After Wheaton Robbery Teen To Be Tried As Adult After Being Busted With 'Ghost Gun' After Wheaton Robbery
Teen To Be Tried As Adult After Being Busted With 'Ghost Gun' After Wheaton Robbery Police say that a teen who was busted with an illegal weapon after a shoplifting incident at a Dick’s Sporting Goods store in Montgomery County will be tried as an adult. Shortly before 1 p.m. on Tuesday, July 25, officers from the Montgomery County Department of Police were called to the store in the 11000 block of Veirs Mill Road in Wheaton to investigate reported shoplifters. Upon arrival at the business, they spotted several suspects leaving the store with stolen merchandise before fleeing to Safeway on Georgia Avenue, where they were ultimately tracked down. One of the suspects, whose…
Silver Spring Gunman Accused Of Killing Teen Nabbed In Metro Station: Police Silver Spring Gunman Accused Of Killing Teen Nabbed In Metro Station: Police
Silver Spring Gunman Accused Of Killing Teen Nabbed In Metro Station: Police A 20-year-old Silver Spring man has been charged in a Wheaton shooting that left a 17-year-old victim dead, authorities announced. Cardel Chaney is accused of gunning down Devin Dickey, of Silver Spring, near Georgia Avenue and Reedie Drive around 6:45 p.m. on Friday, March 4, Montgomery County police said. Officers found Dickey at the scene with a gunshot wound, and he was transported to an area hospital, where he died. Officers spoke with witnesses and obtained a physical description of the suspect. Inside the Wheaton Metro Station, officers found a man, later identified as Chaney, …
Maryland Pair Kidnapped Woman From Restaurant, Left Her Beaten Body On Roadside: Police Maryland Pair Kidnapped Woman From Restaurant, Left Her Beaten Body On Roadside: Police
Maryland Pair Kidnapped Woman From Restaurant, Left Her Beaten Body On Roadside: Police A pair of Maryland man have been arrested for kidnapping and assaulting a victim, authorities said. Javier Antonio Ortiz and Edwin Manuel Reyes, both 22 of Hyattsville, convinced the woman to leave the Unplugged Restaurant and Sports Bar, located on Georgia Avenue in Wheaton with them on Feb. 5, Montgomery County police said. The victim, who knew the men, got in their car and, once inside, was beaten and threatened with a handgun when she tried to get out, police said. Reyes and Ortiz drove away from the location with the victim, who, before losing consciousness, was pulled out o…