CRIME & SAFETY

At approximately 8:35 a.m. on Sunday, June 4, members of the sheriff’s office were called to investigate a reported crash with a vehicle in the bottom of the dry quarry near Lehigh Road and Peter Shriner Road. One woman was ejected from the vehicle, according to police. All three...

LOUDOUN COUNTY, Va. (DC News Now) — Loudoun County Animal Services took more than 100 animals into its care after humane law enforcement officers said they found a home used as part of animal rescue in terrible conditions. Loudoun County said after a months-long investigation, three people who worked as part of Luck of the […]

Gaithersburg, MD – The Montgomery County Department of Police – Special Victims Investigations (SVID) is seeking the public’s assistance in locating Ariana Nayyar, a 14-year-old girl from North Potomac who has been reported missing. Ariana was last seen on Friday, June 2, at approximately 3:00 p.m. in the 16000 block of Raven Rock Drive. Concerns for her well-being have grown, prompting authorities to appeal to the community for any information that may help locate her. Ariana Nayyar is described as approximately 4 feet, 11 inches tall and weighing around 105 pounds. She has brown eyes and long hair, which is The post 14-year-old reported missing in North Potomac appeared first on Shore News Network.

Charges are pending for a driver who fled from police but ultimately struck a tree, inuring his passenger in Loudoun County, authorities said.A Virginia State Police trooper attempted to stop on a Honda SUV heading west on Route 7 near the Loudoun County Parkway around 4:30 p.m. Friday, June 2…

Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services (MCFRS) responded to a single-vehicle crash at approximately 10:30am on Sunday morning. The crash occurred on Duvall Ln, off of West Deer Park Rd, in Gaithersburg and involved a car crashing into a tree. According to MCFRS Chief Spokesperson Pete Piringer, one patient was...

LOUDOUN COUNTY, Va. (DC News Now) — Virginia State Police (VSP) said a driver was in custody Friday after he took off from a trooper and crashed the SUV he was driving. VSP said the trooper tried to pull the driver over on Route 7 near Loudoun County Parkway around 4:30 p.m., but the driver […]

The operators of a western Loudoun animal rescue organization face more than a dozen criminal charges after Loudoun County humane law enforcement officers seized more than 100 animals found to be held in squalid conditions. According to the Department of Animal Services, the charges resulted from a months-long investigation into...

Authorities have launched a death investigation into the discovery of human remains in a stream in northern Virginia.A person walking in the woods spotted the remains in the Sugarland Run Stream in Sterling, around 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 30, the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office said.The pers…

Montgomery County Police responded to a shooting on Friday, June 2, 2023, in the 11400 block of Stewart Lane in White Oak. According to MCPD, “At approximately 9:58 p.m., 3rd District officers responded to the location for the report of a shooting. Officers located a teenage female with an...

WHITE OAK, Md. — A teenage girl is recovering after police say she was shot outside the White Oak Apartment complex in Silver Spring Friday night. At 10 p.m., officers with the Montgomery County Police Department responded to a report of a shooting in the 11400 block of Stewart Lane.

The Frederick County sheriff accused of conspiring to fraudulently acquire machine guns with a local gun business owner is asking for his federal case to be handled separately from his co-defendant. In legal filings, attorneys for Sheriff Charles “Chuck” A. Jenkins argue that discovery they’ve reviewed has not shown Jenkins received anything of value for his “supposed role” — in contrast to ...

LEESBURG, Va. - A substitute teacher is facing charges Wednesday after word got around that she was drunk in the school's cafeteria. When the Leesburg Police Department School Resource Officer assigned to Tuscarora High School found out, they approached the sub – 28-year-old Rhiannon Blakeman – and determined she was intoxicated. The SRO also caught Blakeman with the alcoholic drinks on her, police said.

LOUDOUN COUNTY, Va. — A circuit court judge in Loudoun County denied the request to dismiss a case against a Loudoun County father seen on camera being dragged out of a school board meeting and arrested. In June 2021, Scott Smith was charged with obstruction of justice and disorderly...

The Purcellville Police Department in Virginia has released a report detailing various incidents that occurred between May 26 and June 1, 2023. The report includes information on hit and run, suspicious incidents, child custody disputes, petit larceny, reckless driving, and graffiti. The police are asking for witnesses to come forward to provide information on the hit and run incident. In another incident, juveniles were found to have entered a press box, drank beer, and used the PA system before fleeing upon the arrival of police, deputies, and school security. The investigation is ongoing.

A State Trooper, Josh Quase, who is also a native of Montgomery County and graduate of Watkins Mill High School has adopted a 12-year old golden retriever who was taken to a clinic to be put to sleep by her original owner who simply didn’t want her anymore. “Lola is my world. She has helped my whole family. She comes everywhere with me. My mother has stage 4 cancer and currently going through chemo. Lola is her comfort.” he commented on the Bedford County Human Society’s social media post about the situation. The full story can be seen below:

On May 17, 2023, an injured person was found in a business parking lot on N. McCain Drive in Frederick and was later identified as Jose Pedro Hernandez, who had been assaulted and stabbed. He was pronounced dead at the hospital.

The Montgomery County Department of Police said it was trying to find the person on an electric scooter who groped a number of people in Bethesda, Md. on different occasions. Man on Scooter Accused of Grabbing and Groping People. The Montgomery County Department of Police said it was trying to...

The Leesburg Police Department said a substitute teacher was intoxicated in a high school cafeteria and that she had alcoholic beverages with her on school property. Police Say Substitute Teacher in Loudoun County Was …. The Leesburg Police Department said a substitute teacher was intoxicated in a high school cafeteria...

SILVER SPRING, MD – The Montgomery County Department of Police – 3rd District Investigative Section is looking into a burglary that happened at a laundry room in an apartment building on the 8200 block of Nolte Avenue. The incident took place on Sunday, May 14, 2023. The department has released surveillance footage of the suspect and is seeking assistance from the public in identifying him. The suspect, described as a Black male dressed in a white headscarf, white t-shirt and blue jeans, broke into a secured access building’s basement laundry room around 7:06 a.m. The man then vandalized the washing The post Laundry Room Burglary Investigated by Montgomery County Police appeared first on Shore News Network.

BETHESDA, MD – The Montgomery County Department of Police – 2nd District Patrol Investigations Unit is probing a series of inappropriate touching incidents along the Trolley Trail between Edson Lane and Tuckerman Lane. The suspect, who was caught on video, reportedly harassed women in the neighborhood adjacent to the trail. The first known incident occurred on Sunday, May 21, 2023, when the suspect knocked a female victim to the ground and groped her near the Kennedy Shriver Aquatic Center on Nicholson Lane. Two days later, on Tuesday, May 23, the suspect, riding an electric scooter, accosted two women walking on The post Police investigating after man harassed, groped women on Trolley Trail appeared first on Shore News Network.