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Non-verbal boy found in Leesburg reunited with family: deputies
LEESBURG, Va. - UPDATE: Deputies say the boy found in Leesburg on Wednesday night has been reunited with his family. Authorities in Virginia are trying to identify a non-verbal boy found barefoot and alone in the Leesburg area late Wednesday night. The child was spotted in the area of Evergreen...
Frederick County Fire & Rescue Respond To Primary Poll Location Tuesday Morning
Frederick, Md (KM) Fire and rescue personnel were called to the Urbana Regional Library in the 9000 block Amelung Street Tuesday morning just after 11:15 for a building fire. That was the location for one of the polling places for the Maryland Primary. . According to the Frederick Scanner Facebook...
Police asks for public's help identifying two suspects in Bethesda tobacco store robbery
GAITHERSBURG, Md. (7News) — Montgomery County Department of Police (MCDP) is seeking to identify two suspects caught on camera during a robbery in Bethesda in April. On Sunday, April 28, two suspects entered the Tobacco King store on the 7000 block of Wisconsin Avenue at 7:58 p.m., according to a preliminary investigation by MCDP. Police said the first suspect approached an employee at the cash register and demanded the money inside it. As the employee handed it over, a second subject held the door shut.
Shooting reported at Lake Whetstone in Montgomery Village
Police are investigating a shooting that occurred Tuesday afternoon at Lake Whetstone in Montgomery Village, according to radio transmissions. Shortly before 3:30 p.m., police responded to the park at 18701 Montgomery Village Ave. for a report of an apparent suicide, the transmissions said. Officers found a person with a “gunshot...
Police: Reported threat that locked down Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School ‘unfounded’
BETHESDA, Md. (DC News Now) — The Montgomery County Department of Police (MCPD) placed Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School in lockdown on Thursday after a reported threat. MCPD said that the initial threat came in as a call shortly after 11:20 a.m. A Community Engagement Officer who responded and talked with the caller determined that there […]
Officials: Kayakers rescued from Great Falls Park; 1 had ‘traumatic injuries’
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (DC News Now) — A kayaker was seriously hurt after they were rescued from the Potomac River in Great Falls Park Thursday evening. Crews from the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue System, Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department (FCFR) and U.S. Park Police (USPP) responded to two kayakers who were in distress. […]
Police ID Kiara Cheeks In Fatal Briggs Chaney Road Crash
A bright smile has been lost forever after a 35-year-old mother of two was killed in a Montgomery County crash last week, according to her friends and family. Kiara Cheeks has been identified by investigators as the person who died following an early morning crash on Wednesday, May 8 on Briggs Chaney Road in Silver Spring, now her family is reeling.
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