CRIME & SAFETY
Maryland high school student arrested after authorities discovered a 129-page document detailing school shooting plan, police say
A Maryland high school student was arrested and charged with threat of mass violence after police say they discovered evidence revealing the teen had plans to commit a school shooting, authorities said Thursday.
Pedestrian hit, killed by tractor-trailer on I-270 in Gaithersburg
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (DC News Now) — A pedestrian was killed in a crash early Friday morning on I-270. The crash happened at about 5:40 a.m. in the Northbound lanes of I-270, between Exit 8 and Exit 9. Maryland State Police (MSP) said a man stepped into the roadway and was hit by a tractor-trailer. […]
Car runs over man lying in road in Montgomery County
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (DC News Now) — Montgomery County Fire and Rescue System (MCFRS) said a man who was allegedly laying in the road was run over by a car in Gaithersburg Tuesday morning. Crews said it happened around 8 a.m. on E. Diamond Avenue, between Park Avenue and Russell Avenue which was shut down. […]
Maryland homeowner opens fire after finding 2 men had broken in
ASPEN HILL, Md. — A homeowner in an Aspen Hill neighborhood shot at two burglars early Thursday. Police say one person has been taken into custody. Montgomery County Police Department officers were called to the 3200 block of Weeping Willow Court for a report of a burglary around 3 a.m. Investigators learned that two men entered a home in the area. The homeowner discovered the two men inside, and fired a round from a firearm, police said. No one was shot, and one of the burglars is in custody.
Montgomery Co. mother with past child welfare run-ins sentenced for setting son on fire
GERMANTOWN, Md. (7News) — A Germantown mother will spend 25 years in prison after she was found guilty of lighting her 8-year-old son on fire, seriously burning him for making a mess while eating cereal, according to a statement from Montgomery County officials. The May 30, 2020, incident was...
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