CRIME & SAFETY
WV Man One Of 14 Arrested In April In Frederick County
They were charged mostly with drug offenses. Donald Denton Hanlin (Top) Handgun confiscated during arrests in April. (Above) Frederick, Md (KM) A Morgantown, West Virginia man and 13 other people were arrested by the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office during the month of April. Donald Denton Hanlin, 44, is charged with wearing, carrying and transporting a weapon; using a gun during a commission of a crime; possession with intent to distribute cocaine and opium; possession of cocaine and opium and their derivatives; possession of synthetic manufactured narcotics; and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Man on bike robbed by 2 men pretending to be police officers during traffic stop
LEESBURG, Va. — A man riding his bike in Leesburg, Virginia Friday afternoon was robbed by two men pretending to be police officers, according to the Leesburg Police Department. Around 4:30 p.m. the man said he was riding his bike on a sidewalk in the 800 block of Edwards...
George Toman Killed Crashing In Montgomery County
Poolesville resident George Toman has been identified by the Montgomery County Department of Police as the man who was found dead at the scene of a crash that was reported on Thursday night, though his body was not found until the following morning. Police say that at approximately 10:30 p.m....
Threat Of Mass Shooting Lands Man At Mental Health Facility After Reddit Post: Frederick Police
On Friday, officials say that the Frederick Police Department was advised of a post circulating on Reddit involving a man who stopped a resident downtown and "made a vague threat of a shooting to occur at an event in May." In the Reddit post - which can be found here...
Woman killed in Rockville Pike collision following attempted traffic stop
This story was updated at 12:30 a.m. Sunday to include information released by the Independent Investigations Division of the Maryland Office of the Attorney General, which is investigating the crash. State law enforcement authorities are investigating a fatal two-vehicle collision on Rockville Pike that occurred after an attempted traffic stop...
Part of a wing falls from plane flying over Gaithersburg, officials say
A Montgomery County police officer holds a part of a wing that fell from a plane flying over the campus of the Montgomery County Public Safety Training Academy in Gaithersburg on April 22. Credit: Courtesy MCPD.
‘A step in the right direction’: Arrest made in fatal hit-and-run in Montgomery County
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (DC News Now) – Jacques Price, 27, was hit and killed by a car along Veirs Mill Road on Monday, April 8. The Montgomery County Department of Police (MCPD) said it arrested a suspect in the case last Thursday. Price’s father, Marcus Glivings, says it feels like he’s been trapped in a […]
7 hurt in two-car crash in Montgomery County
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (DC News Now) — Multiple people were hurt in a two-car crash in Montgomery County on Sunday afternoon. Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) officers responded to the crash in the area of Laytonsville Road and Hawkins Creamery Road just before 1:40 p.m. One of the two cars involved was a 15-passenger van. […]
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