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Shoplifter Returning Stolen Items Slugs Employee, Snatches Cash At Maryland Food Store: Police
A failed attempt at subterfuge resulted in a theft suspect punching out an employee and snatching cash at a Maryland grocery store, police say. New surveillance photos have been released by the Montgomery County Department of Police following a reported strong-arm robbery late last month at the Giant food store in Bethesda. The wanted suspect. Montgomery County Department of Police Police say that at around 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, June 25, officers were called to the grocer in the 7100 block of Arlington Road to investigate a reported robbery and assault. According to the inves…
Police & Fire
Suspect At Large Month After Two 20 Year Olds Found Shot To Death In Maryland Park: Police
The Montgomery County Department of Police is calling on the community as they attempt to locate the person responsible for the murders of two young men at a Silver Spring park last month. Quincy Johnson, of Takoma Park, and Lanham resident D'Andre Wint, both 20, were found shot to death at the Nolte Local Park in the 200 block of Denver Road late in the afternoon on Sunday, May 26. Our officers along with @mcpnews are on scene of a shooting a Nolte Local Park in Silver Spring.Officers located two shooting victims. More information will be released as it becomes available. — Park Police …
Police & Fire
Man In Winnie The Pooh Shirt Exposed Himself, Touched Teen On Metro Bus In Maryland: Police
Police in Montgomery County are on the hunt for a man wanted in connection to the sexual assault of a minor, officials say. An alert was issued on Tuesday as detectives seek the public's assistance in identifying and locating a man who allegedly exposed himself and touched a teen girl. According to the Montgomery County Department of Police, at approximately 8 p.m. on Wednesday, May 22, officers were called to the 11000 block of Veirs Mill Road at the Wheaton Metro bus turnaround for the report of a sexual assault inside of a Ride On bus. The teenage victim stated that the suspect was…
Police & Fire
Two 20 Year Olds Found Shot To Death In Maryland Park, Police Say
A double murder is under investigation in Montgomery County after two young men were found shot to death at a Silver Spring Park over the weekend. Quincy Johnson, of Takoma Park, and Lanham resident D'Andre Wint, both 20, have been identified by police as the two killed at the Nolte Local Park late on Sunday afternoon. Our officers along with @mcpnews are on scene of a shooting a Nolte Local Park in Silver Spring.Officers located two shooting victims. More information will be released as it becomes available. — Park Police MC (@ParkPolice) May 27, 2024 Officers were called shortl…
Police & Fire
Knife-Wielding Men Followed Minor Off Bus Before Botched Robbery In Maryland: Police (
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Three men are wanted after trailing a person off a Ride On bus in Montgomery County they attacked during a botched robbery, police say. Surveillance video of three suspects who are wanted for an attempted armed robbery and assault was released by the police on Friday as they attempt to identify and locate the men involved in the incident. Detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police are investigating the assault and attempted robbery. mcpdmedia According to police, on Sunday, May 12, a minor got out of the bus in the area of Georgia Avenue and Connecticut Avenue in Wheato…
Police & Fire
Church Burglar Caught On Camera Wanted In Maryland: Police
A thief stealing copper pipes is at large in Montgomery County after being caught on camera robbing a church in Chevy Chase, police say. An alert was issued and photo released on Friday morning following an incident that was reported in April at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the 5400 block of Western Avenue. According to the Montgomery County Department of Police, on Tuesday, April 16, officers were called to the church to investigate a reported burglary after a man forced his way into the building and began cutting sections of copper piping. Investigators say that the…
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Two Wanted After Accosting Screaming Victim During Botched Bathroom Robbery In Maryland (
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A pair caught on camera before a botched robbery of a customer inside a Montgomery County restaurant bathroom remain at large, police say. Months after a robbery at a North Bethesda eatery, police investigators have released new photos and videos of two men who are wanted in connection to a September 2023 incident. Shortly after 10:15 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 3, 2023, officers were called to The Block Food Hall the 900 block of Rose Avenue to investigate a reported attempted robbery after a victim was cornered in the restaurant's bathroom. North Bethesda robbery suspects are wanted…
Police & Fire
Man Wanted For Stealing $7K In Items From Amazon Fresh On 36 Occasions In Maryland: Police
Recognize him? A brazen bandit who has targeted the same Amazon Fresh location in Montgomery County dozens of times in the past seven months is wanted by police. An alert was issued by the Montgomery County Department of Police as they seek the public's assistance in identifying and locating a suspect who allegedly stole upwards of $7,000 in merchandise from the store in the 5400 block of Wisconsin Avenue in Chevy Chase. Amazon Fresh in the 5400 block of Wisconsin Avenue in Chevy Chase. Google Maps street view According to police, between October 2023, and Thursday, Ap…
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Woman Wanted For Metro Bus Assault, Robbery At Large In Maryland: Police
Recognize her? An alert was issued by the Montgomery County Department of Police on Friday as they seek the public's assistance in identifying and locating a woman wanted for an assault and robbery last month on a Metro bus. In the afternoon of Thursday, March 7, police say that officers were called to the area of Dawson Avenue and Georgia Avenue to investigate a reported altercation that turned physical, police say. According to investigators, shortly before 3:45 p.m. on the day of the robbery, the victim was on a Metro bus when the wanted woman came on board. There was an al…
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Death Ruled Homicide Day After Body Found In Maryland Woods: Police
The death of a 35-year-old man found in a patch of Maryland woods is being investigated as a homicide. Delondre Levert Sawyer, of Germantown, was found unresponsive in a wooded area near the 11200 block of Game Preserve Road in Gaithersburg on Thursday, February 8 and later pronounced dead, Montgomery County Police said. An autopsy conducted on Sawyer’s body located a gunshot wound and ruled his manner of death a homicide. The investigation is being led by the Montgomery County Department of Police – Major Crimes Division. No arrests have been made. Anyone with information is asked to con…
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Carjackers Stymied By Stick Shift Fail To Steal Porsche Parked In Maryland (
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A stick shift thwarted a group of young carjackers who attempted to steal a man's Porsche 911 at gunpoint in Montgomery County. Disturbing dash cam video of a group of four carjackers has been released by police as they attempt to track down the group that failed to steal the luxury car because they did not know how to operate a manual transmission. Detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police are investigating the attempted armed carjacking. Montgomery County Department of Police The incident was reported shortly before midnight on Sunday, Nov. 26 in the 7300 block of Wi…
Police & Fire
Armed Man Sporting Nationals' Gear Wanted For Bank Robbery In Maryland: Police
A man cosplaying as a Washington National's player on Halloween is wanted in connection to a bank robbery in Montgomery County. An alert was issued on Monday as the Montgomery County Department of Police attempts to track down a man who showed some "Natitude" during an armed robbery on Tuesday, Oct. 31 at Wells Fargo in Potomac. The incident was reported shortly after 11 a.m. on Halloween at the bank branch in the 9800 block of Falls Road. Surveillance photos were released of the wanted suspect brandishing a handgun inside the building on Monday afternoon. According to police, the wa…
Police & Fire
Tipster Helps Police Track Down Suspect Wanted For Violent Armed Robbery At Maryland Market
Members of a Montgomery County community saw something and said something, leading to the arrest of a man wanted in connection to an armed robbery earlier this month. Devin Byron Dorsey, 43, has been arrested and charged for the armed robbery at Dawson's Market in the 200 block of North Washington Street in Rockville on Monday, Oct. 2. On the day of the robbery, police say that Dorsey first attempted to steal food and leave without paying, though an employee was able to stop him and asked him to leave the store without incident. Dorsey initially complied and left, though around 30. minute…
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Minors Caught On Camera Robbing Maryland Store Remain At Large: Police (
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Police in Montgomery County are attempting to track down several suspects who were recently caught on camera causing mayhem at a local business. New video has been released after there were three commercial burglaries reported at the Home Court store in the 900 block of Philadelphia Avenue in Silver Spring, all of which were captured by surveillance video. The incidents were reported at: 12;06 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 19; 1:25 a.m. on Monday Sept. 25; 12:28 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 30. In the video released by the department, the suspects can be seen ransacking the store while stealing clot…
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Topgolf Employees Shot During Late Night Altercation In Maryland (
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Two Topgolf employees in Montgomery County are recovering at area hospitals after being shot overnight during an incident, police confirmed. Shortly after midnight on Tuesday morning, members of the Montgomery County Department of Police were were called to Topgolf on Century Boulevard in Germantown to investigate a reported shooting. Upon arrival at the facility, they found an 18-year-old man who was shot in his leg, and a 23-year-old man who was hit in the upper body. Police say that the shooting suspect sped away in an unknown vehicle following the shooting. Both Topgolf employees were …
Police & Fire
Man Wanted For July Murder In Maryland Surrenders To Police
The man wanted in connection to the shooting death of 40-year-old Cedric Warner last month has turned himself in, Montgomery County authorities announced. Lawrence Marcellus Marshall IV, 20, surrendered at the Montgomery County Department of Police Headquarters in Gaithersburg days after an alert was issued for the wanted man, police said on Friday afternoon. His arrest comes following an incident on Wednesday, July 5, when officers were called in to the 11500 block of Lockwood Drive in Silver Spring to investigate a shooting. Upon arrival, they found Warner suffering from multiple gu…
Police & Fire
Man Wanted For Murder In Maryland
New details have been released as police investigators in Montgomery County continue to search for a murder suspect. Lawrence Marcellus Marshall IV, 20, of Montgomery County has been identified as the suspect wanted for his alleged role in the murder of 40-year-old Cedric Warner last month. A fresh photo of the suspect was released by the agency on Tuesday, Aug. 22. On Wednesday, July 5, officers were called in to the 11500 block of Lockwood Drive in Silver Spring to investigate a shooting. Upon arrival, they found Warner suffering from multiple gunshot wounds and he was pronounced …
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Police Release Video Of Scary Home Invasion In MD
Video of a harrowing home invasion has been released by the Montgomery County Department of Police. An investigation has been launched after a man was approached by a group of armed suspects who announced they were robbing him as he parked his car in the garage of his Rockville apartment complex. The armed robbery was reported at approximately 1:25 a.m. on Monday, July 10 on Key West Avenue in Rockville. Police say that the suspects stabbed and assaulted the man before tying his hands behind his back with zip ties. He was then forced into their vehicle after being forced to give them acce…
Police & Fire
Five Injured In Shooting Outside MD Restaurant: Police
Several people were hospitalized overnight in Maryland when there was a mass shooting outside a Montgomery County restaurant. Officers from the Montgomery County Department of Police were called to the Sole D’italia restaurant in the Norbeck-Layhill neighborhood at approximately 12:15 a.m. on Thursday morning, where there was a reported altercation that included shots fired. Police say that there were five victims, one of whom sustained serious, but non-life-threatening injuries, while four others suffered minor injuries and were transported to area hospitals for treatment and evaluation. …
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Family Identifies Body Pulled From Maryland Creek
Family of the man whose body was found in a Montgomery County creek has identified him, police say. Jose Israel Centeno Velasquez, also known as Carlos, is the subject of a homicide investigation after the 43-year-old Gaithersburg resident was found over the weekend. Centeno Velasquez was last seen on Friday, July 7 leaving his home on Girard Street, investigators said. Following the discovery of his body, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner determined that his death was to be ruled as a homicide. Police originally sought to identify the body by highlighting his distinct tattoos. …
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Teen Dead After Escalator Fight Leads To Fatal Shooting On Metro Train Platform In MD
New details have been released by police in Montgomery County after a fatal shooting inside the Wheaton Metro Station overnight left a teen dead. Tennyson Vaughn Leslie, Jr., 18, of Greenbelt, has been identified as the person who was struck and killed shortly before 6 p.m. on Thursday, May 18 at the station on Georgia Avenue. Police say that Leslie was found by responding officers suffering from a gunshot wound. He was treated at the scene before being taken to a local hospital in critical condition, where he later died on Thursday night. The initial investigation determined that Leslie …
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Woman Found Dead Posted Series Of TikTok Videos Before Maryland Disappearance
A Montgomery County woman who was found dead after disappearing last December posted a series of videos up until the day she was last seen, according to her apparent TikTok account. While most videos of Keylin Yolibeth Chavez-Dominguez show herself singing and joking, some are troubling. The 20-year-old Rockville woman was found dead along the ICC over the weekend, Montgomery County Police Department said. She had last been seen on Dec. 30 in her Braxfield Court apartment, police said. Her body was found in the Upper Paint Branch Stream Valley Park around 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28. Chav…
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Body Of Missing 20-Year-Old Woman Found Along ICC
The body of a 20-year-old woman missing since December 2022 was found along the ICC over the weekend, authorities said. Keylin Yolibeth Chavez-Dominguez, of Rockville, was believed to have been killed, the Montgomery County Police Department said. Her body was found in the Upper Paint Branch Stream Valley Park around 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28. She had last been seen on Dec. 30 in her Braxfield Court apartment, police said. Her body was transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore, where an autopsy will be conducted to officially determine the cause and manner of deat…
Police & Fire
Elderly Maryland Man Arrested For Long-Running Pickpocketing Scheme
Officers have charged an elderly man for a series of pickpocket thefts that occurred between April and September 2022 throughout several locations in Montgomery County, authorities announce. Arthur Earnest Kelly, 71, was arrested after being accused of distracting elderly victims in grocery stores before stealing their wallets and using their credit cards to purchase items at other stores, according to Montgomery County police. On Friday, Dec. 2, Kelly was arrested by officers in Chevy Chase. Officers were able to search Kelly's vehicle where they also found items of evidentiary value. Kel…
Police & Fire
Four Decades Later, Police In Maryland Identify, Arrest Alleged Serial Rapist
A man accused of raping women in Prince George's County over forty years ago has been arrested, authorities say. Marion Edward Pearson Jr., 65, was linked to the crime through the FBI's National DNA Index System on Monday, Oct. 31 after Cold Case detectives submitted evidence from the open rape case to the system in March of 2022, according to Montgomery County Police. Pearson Jr. lived in Prince George's County, and frequented the University of Maryland/College Park area during the time of the crime. He had been arrested several times for assault, indecent exposure, and had recently been r…
Police & Fire
Death Of Man Found In Wooded Area In Maryland Ruled A Homicide, Police Say
The death of a 20-year-old man whose dead body was found in the woods earlier this month in Montgomery County has been ruled a homicide, investigators announced. Edvin Moises Agustin Leon has been identified as the man who was found shot and killed shortly before 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 9 in the 9000 block of Piney Branch Road, according to the Montgomery County Department of Police. On the day of the shooting, officers arrived at the site of the reported shooting, where a police K9 found Leon’s dead body with a gunshot wound in the woods. Investigators noted that a second victim was also…
Police & Fire
Teen Killed, Two Others Hospitalized In Early Morning Maryland Shooting, Police Say
One teen is dead and several others were injured in Montgomery County shooting, authorities say. The shooting occurred around 4 a.m., Wednesday, Nov. 9 in the 100 block of Colony Road in Piney Branch. A 19-year-old Hyattsville man, identified as Willans Anderson Alberto Cruz, was pronounced dead at the scene, and two other men were taken to a hospital in serious, but stable condition. A fourth man was found uninjured at the scene. The preliminary investigation by detectives has determined that the victims were at the location when they were approached by an unknown numbe…
Schools
Caught On Camera: Police Release Video Of Maryland Middle School Burglar
Police have released surveillance images of a suspect believed to be connected to a burglary that occurred at a Silver Spring middle school back in September, authorities say. Police are hoping that the public may be able to help identify the suspect, who reportedly burglarized Silver Spring International Middle School the night of Sunday, Sept. 25, according to Montgomery County Police. Detectives have determined that the suspect forced entry into the school and stole items from classrooms and left the scene. The suspect is described as White male, medium build, average height, gray …
Police & Fire
Teen Arrest For Maryland Murder Brings Closure Rate To 100 Percent In Montgomery County: Police
A recent homicide arrest marks a 100% closure rate for all homicides investigated by the Montgomery County Police Department - Major Crimes Division in 2022, authorities announce. The October indictment of Kyler Mcroy, 19, for a February 2022 murder marked the 100% closure rate, confirms Montgomery County Police. Mcroy is accused of shooting Keon Jones, 19, on Feb. 10, 2022 in the location of Cinnamon Drive and Mustard Seed Court. Officers arrived on the scene and located Jones and performed life-saving measures on him until medics arrived to rush him to the hospital. Jones succumbed…
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Police In Montgomery Release Video Of Silver Spring Shooting
Detectives have released surveillance images of two suspects involved in a shooting in Silver Spring in hopes to help identify them, authorities say. Officers responded to the scene at the intersection of Fenton Street and Ellsworth Drive around 10:30 a.m., Monday, Oct. 24 after reports of shots fired, according to Montgomery County police. Investigation revealed that two Black men were shooting at each other. During the shooting, a commercial business and a car were struck by a bullet. No injuries were reported in the shooting. To view footage of the incident, click here. Detective…
Police & Fire
Shootout Shakes Maryland Town During Monday Morning Rush Hour
Authorities have released surveillance footage of gunmen who fired at each other striking nearby cars and businesses Monday, Oct. 24 (scroll for video). The two black males were shooting at each other at the intersection of Fenton Street and Ellsworth Drive around 10:35 a.m. in Silver Spring, county police said. A CAVA restaurant and a passing car were struck by bullets. No injuries were reported on scene and detectives believe that this shooting was contained between the two males. Detectives are asking anyone with information regarding these suspects or this crime to call the 3rd Distri…
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