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Teen Charged With Murder For Role In Fatal Father's Day Shooting In MD, Police Say
One person has been arrested in connection to a Father's Day murder in Montgomery County, though a suspected 16-year-old shooter remains on the lam, police say. Khamani Imes, 19, has been arrested by members of the Montgomery County Department of Police for allegedly giving a gun to Isaiah Brown-Hawkins that was used to killed James Joel Austin, 33, in June. Police say that Brown-Hawkins shot and killed Austin on Sunday, June 18 in the 9800 block of Bethesda Church Road in Damascus. He was pronounced dead at the scene by first responders. The teen then drove away in a Honda that was later …
Gaithersburg, MD
Police & Fire
Teens To Be Tried As Adults For Armed Carjacking, Robbery In Maryland: Police
A group of teens pulled off an elaborate carjacking scheme and almost made off with a new Infiniti before being caught by members of the Montgomery County Department of Police. Three teens - 13, 16, and 17 - have been charged for an armed carjacking and robbery weeks after an incident that played out on Wayne Avenue in June. On Wednesday, June 21, police say that a man was driving home when he noticed a black Jeep Grand Cherokee tailing him, though when he parked, the driver blocked his Infiniti FX35 and five or six Black men wearing dark clothes and masks held him at gunpoint. According t…
Gaithersburg, MD
Police & Fire
Officers 'Seriously Injured' By Burglary Suspect Who Went Down Swinging In MD
Two Montgomery County police officers suffered “serious injuries” while attempting to apprehend an unrelenting suspect who broke into a Gaithersburg apartment over the weekend. Germantown resident Jermaine Palmer did not go down quietly on Friday, June 30, after assaulting multiple officers who sought to take him into custody for breaking into a home, according to authorities. Shortly after 8 p.m. on Friday, officers were called to the 7900 block of Spiceberry Circle, where there was a report of a man spraying a fire extinguisher in the hallway. At the scene, officers found a woman who sa…
Gaithersburg, MD
Police & Fire
Drug Dealer Accused Of Selling Fentanyl That Led To Christmas Day OD In MD
A real-life Grinch who allegedly sold the fentanyl that led to a fatal overdose in Montgomery County on Christmas Day is being held behind bars after being busted this week. Junior Salvador Alvarez Paz, 22, of Silver Spring, has been arrested and charged for selling the drugs that led to an overdose the morning of Sunday, Dec. 25 last year. It is alleged that on the morning of his victim’s death, Alvarez Paz arranged a meet, where he allegedly sold the drugs to him before he died, according to police. The cause of death was later determined by the Chief Medical Examiner to be caused by fent…
Gaithersburg, MD
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District Man Accused Of Abusing, Killing GF's Toddler Son In Maryland: Police
Police say that a District man has been implicated in the death of his girlfriend’s toddler son in Montgomery County earlier this year. Washington, DC resident Marlon Adilson Melendez, 28, is facing murder and child abuse charges for his alleged role in the death of 16-month-old Zavier Giron, who died in Silver Spring in March. The investigation into the child’s death was launched at on Thursday, March 11, when first responders in Montgomery County were called to the 7900 block of Chicago Avenue in Silver Spring, where there were reports of a boy who had stopped breathing at approximately 4…
Gaithersburg, MD
Police & Fire
Man Demanding Sex From Women Having Lunch In MD Park Apprehended For Rape, Robbery: Police
Two women eating lunch at a popular Montgomery County park were attacked by a machete-wielding man who sexually assaulted one of them, police say. New details have been released by investigators after a scary scene played out on Tuesday, May 16, in the Northwest Branch Trail in Burnt Mills East State Park in Silver Spring as the pair were enjoying a meal. The rape and armed robbery was reported at approximately 2:40 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon, according to the Montgomery County Department of Police. Police say that Jose Roberto Hernandez-Penal, 20, approached two women on the trail demandin…
Gaithersburg, MD
Police & Fire
Suspect In Custody For Easter Sunday Killing In Silver Spring: Police
A murder suspect is in custody weeks after a dead body was found inside a Montgomery County home on Easter Sunday, authorities announced. The near monthlong investigation into the death of a 20-year-Carlos Rashard Carter last month has led to a host of charges for Silver Spring resident Kaleab Abebe Berhanu, 20. At approximately 3:22 a.m. on Sunday, April 9, officers from the Montgomery County Department of Police were called to the 11800 block of Old Columbia Pike to assist Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service personnel. Upon arrival, they found Carter, also a Silver Spring nati…
Gaithersburg, MD
Police & Fire
Taxi Driver Rapes Girl In Montgomery County: Police
A driver who took his advantage of his underage victim during a ride earlier this year in Maryland has been apprehended and faces a rape charge, according to the Montgomery County Department of Police. Silver Spring resident Orlin Martinez Orellana, 24, was arrested over the weekend in the 11500 block of Georgia Avenue by detectives from the department’s Special Victims Investigations Division, who charged him with second-degree rape and sex abuse of a minor following a months-long investigation. On Monday, Jan. 2, officers were called to a Silver Spring home to investigate a reported rape.…
Gaithersburg, MD
Police & Fire
Metrobus Stabbing Suspect Accused Of Murdering Man During MD Argument: Police
Police say that a stabbing suspect who attacked a Rockville man on a WMATA bus earlier this month has been apprehended and charged with murder. Tyrone Joseph Curtis, has been arrested in Silver Spring for his alleged role in the death of 28-year-old Amontae Robert Cunningham following a verbal altercation that escalated on the bus, the Montgomery County Department of Police announced on Monday, April 17. On Wednesday, April 5, investigators say that Cunningham and Curtis got into an argument on a bus, when the latter pulled out a knife, prompting the bus driver to attempt to de-escalate t…
Gaithersburg, MD
Police & Fire
Suspects Apprehended For Murder Following Silver Spring Shooting: Montgomery County Police
Two men are in custody for their alleged roles in the murder of a 20-year-old Takoma Park man in Montgomery County earlier this month. Silver Spring resident Javier Reyes, 21, and Brian Gaitan-Sanchez, 20, of Bladensburg, were both arrested this week following an investigation into the fatal shooting of Walter Woods, authorities announced on Tuesday, March 21. Woods was shot on Tuesday, March 7 in the 1700 block of Hampshire Green Lane in Silver Spring. The investigation ultimately led detectives to identify the pair as suspects in the homicide, and both were picked up this week by the pol…
Gaithersburg, MD
Police & Fire
More Than 2,000 Fentanyl Pills, Handgun Recovered During Montgomery County Traffic Stop: PD
Thousands of fentanyl pills are off the streets in Maryland after police in Montgomery County made a massive bust during what could have been an otherwise routine traffic stop. Silver Spring resident Markus Carter, 20, is facing a number of criminal charges after being stopped by members of the Montgomery County Department of Police for a violation of his learner’s permit, officials said on Friday, March 3. The incident began at approximately 3:15 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 27, when officers conducted a traffic stop on a silver Mercedes-Benz sedan in the 12300 block of Georgia Avenue. At the t…
Gaithersburg, MD
Police & Fire
Montgomery County HS Student To Be Tried As Adult For Armed Gas Station Robbery, Police Say
One teen is in custody and a second is at large following an armed robbery at a Montgomery County gas station. Jeffrey Gabriel Johnson, 18, of Rockville, was apprehended this week at Richard Montgomery High School without incident a week after he allegedly robbed the Summit Shell Station in Gaithersburg. The Summit Station at 15 South Summit Ave. in GaithersburgGoogle Maps street view Police say that shortly before 10 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 20, officers were called to the gas station to investigate a reported armed robbery that had just taken place. The investigation determined that two …
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