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Man Known For Targeting Home Depots In DC Strikes Officer With Vehicle Fleeing MD Robbery: PD Man Known For Targeting Home Depots In DC Strikes Officer With Vehicle Fleeing MD Robbery: PD
Man Known For Targeting Home Depots In DC Strikes Officer With Vehicle Fleeing MD Robbery: PD Recognize him? Police in Montgomery County are seeking the public’s assistance as they attempt to locate a suspect who is wanted for assaulting an officer at Wegmans last month with his vehicle. Photos have been released by police investigators as they investigate an incident that played out on Thursday, April 27 near the parking lot of the food store giant at 20600 Seneca Meadows Park in Germantown. The strange scene happened shortly after 2 p.m. when officers from the department were called to investigate a reported theft in progress. According to police, the investigation determined t…

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by Zak Failla
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Virginia Man Busted By Undercover Agent In Maryland Posing As Teen Girl: Police Virginia Man Busted By Undercover Agent In Maryland Posing As Teen Girl: Police
Virginia Man Busted By Undercover Agent In Maryland Posing As Teen Girl: Police A Virginia man has been arrested for sexual exploitation of a minor after he was caught trying to meet up with an underage girl in Maryland, authorities say. Jose M. Jimenez, 34, of McLean, Virginia, had thought he was talking to a 15-year-old girl on social media, but in reality, was actually having a conversation with a Montgomery County detective posing as the child, Montgomery County police say. Jimenez initiated the sexually-charged conversation with the "girl" online, and agreed to meet up with her in Montgomery County, according to police. On Wednesday, Aug. 17, Jimenez traveled fro…

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by Annie DeVoe
Police & Fire
DC Man Busted After Stealing From MD Home Depot, Pepper-Spraying Security Officer: Police DC Man Busted After Stealing From MD Home Depot, Pepper-Spraying Security Officer: Police
DC Man Busted After Stealing From MD Home Depot, Pepper-Spraying Security Officer: Police Detectives are searching for a third suspect in connection to a theft and assault at a Home Depot in Montgomery County, authorities say. Three suspects allegedly entered the store in the 14000 block of Georgia Avenue shortly after 9:30 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 2, according to Montgomery County police. When the three were confronted by a security officer, one of the suspects pepper-sprayed him before fleeing the scene in a gray Dodge Charger. The Dodge Charger was located and officers attempted to stop it on Georgia Avenue near Randolph Road, police said. The suspects continued driving at a hig…

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by Annie DeVoe
Police & Fire
Suspicious Death In Montgomery County Ruled Suicide: Report Suspicious Death In Montgomery County Ruled Suicide: Report
Suspicious Death In Montgomery County Ruled Suicide: Report A suspicious death in Montgomery County has now been ruled a suicide, according to the MoCoShow.  Authorities were investigating after an adult male was found dead inside a home in the 1700 block of East West Highway in Silver Spring just after 12 a.m. on Tuesday, May 24, Montgomery County Police said. The department said the possibility of foul play was ruled out in an updated release later the same day. No arrests have been made and there is no known threat to the community, according to police.  The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information is …

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by David Cifarelli
Police & Fire
Cold Case Killing Of Maryland's Leslie Jennings Remains Open Investigation Cold Case Killing Of Maryland's Leslie Jennings Remains Open Investigation
Cold Case Killing Of Maryland's Leslie Jennings Remains Open Investigation Monday, May 2 marked 21 years since Leslie Preer, 50, was found slain in her Montgomery County home.  Detectives however, have never stopped investigating the murder — and won't untl they have answers, they said. Preer's husband and went to check on her when she failed to show up to work that fateful day in 2001. Her blood was found in the foyer, and her coworker called the police to the Chevy Chase home on the 4800 block of Drummond Avenue around 11:47 a.m., reported the Washington Post.  Leslie was found dead inside of the residence with apparent trauma to her body. T…

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by Annie DeVoe