VIA WJLA: Montgomery County, Md. – Thousands of Montgomery County students are set to begin their first day of classes on Monday. With big budget cuts looming, the school system will have to follow much stricter fiscal guidelines this year. “That’s got to sustain itself so as a parent you have to be cautiously optimistic,” […]
(Greenbelt, MD) — A Montgomery County teenager accused of stockpiling weapons and bomb making materials is due in a Greenbelt federal courtroom on Tuesday. Nineteen-year-old Collin McKenzie-Gude is charged with possession of an unregistered explosive device and production of false identification documents. According to the indictment, in July of 2008, police executed a search warrant […]
(Rockville, MD) — Montgomery County middle schoolers performed poorly on state standardized tests this year. Of the county’s 38 middle schools, 12 failed to meet “No Child Left Behind” targets. That’s compared to five schools that missed their marks last year. Special education students and low-income students faired the worst. School leaders say a new […]
(Rockville, MD) — Police in Montgomery County say an assistant fire chief who caused a four-car accident last year was given no special treatment when officers decided against giving him a breathalyzer test afterward. Gregory DeHaven was an assistant fire chief at the time of the crash last November, and tests conducted later that night […]
(Rockville, MD) — A Montgomery County firefighter who has been with the department for more than two decades is being accused of soliciting sex from what he thought was a 16-year-old girl. Lieutenant Wayne Mothershead has been placed on administrative leave with pay and will appear in court for a preliminary hearing next week. Police […]
(Rockville, MD) — Montgomery County Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a high-end shoplifter. On Friday evening, the suspect — who was dressed as a woman, but may be a man — entered the Saks Fifth Avenue store on Wisconsin Avenue in Chevy Chase and stuffed a $2000 Chanel dress into a […]
(Rockville, MD) — Montgomery County police are advising elderly residents to be extremely cautious of unknown visitors. The warning comes after a 99-year-old woman was robbed at her Silver Spring home on Friday. Montgomery County police spokesperson Lucille Baur says one can never be too careful. Baur says, quote, “So if you’re not expecting someone […]
(Germantown, MD) — Montgomery County Police have identified the man shot and killed by police in Germantown early this morning. Police spokeswoman Lucille Baur says 39-year-old Eliodoro Hernandez was shot after police responded to a 911 hangup on Eagles Nest Court. Police say the fatal shot was fired by Officer Jesse Dickensheets, who has been […]
