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CRIME & SAFETY
Missing for months, then murdered
Kids playing in the woods behind the Belmont Park apartment complex in Woodlawn had made a grisly discovery. A body, they'd told their parents. The adults didn't believe them. It wasn't until one woman went to look for herself that police were called. "I didn't want to believe it was...
Stolen cars, drugs, and guns found at Laurel Motel 6; four suspects arrested
Laurel (WBFF) — Four people were arrested last Thursday after police found them inside a Motel 6 in Laurel with drugs and weapons. Police say on July 11 around 9:00 p.m., officers found a stolen 2016 Honda Accord in the parking lot of the Motel 6 located at 3510 Old Annapolis Road in Laurel.
Thieves Ram Vehicle into Gas Station in Attempt to Steal ATM
Montgomery County Police responded to the Sunoco gas station in the 12000 block of Cherry Hill Road for the report of a commercial burglary at approximately 2:03am on Tuesday, July 16. According to a police spokesperson, the preliminary investigation has revealed that the suspects forced entry into the store with...
Driver Crashes Through Apartment Building, Flees The Scene
Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services (MCFRS) and the Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) responded to the 12500 block of Winexburg Manor Drive in Glenmont at 2:18am Monday morning for a vehicle that crashed into an apartment building. According to MCPD, “The vehicle crashed into the building and the driver...
Biden and Trump urge DC staff to stay home as rally shooting stirs up safety concerns
WASHINGTON (7News) — Both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are urging their staffers to avoid coming into their D.C. campaign offices, ABC News reports. This warning comes as safety concerns mount following an attempted assassination at Trump's campaign rally in Pennsylvania yesterday. A bullet grazed Trump's...
DC police identify both people who died in fiery crash after police chase
WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — D.C. police identified the second person who died in a crash following a police chase in the beginning of July. The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) said that 17-year-old Dashawn Harris of Southeast, D.C., and 18-year-old Zagory Leo Hill of District Heights, Md. died at the scene of a fiery crash […]
Maryland Woman Arrested in Glen Burnie Bank Robbery After Alleged Hold-Up
A bank robbery at the PNC Bank in Glen Burnie resulted in the swift arrest of a 20-year-old Maryland woman. The incident occurred on July 12, 2024, at approximately 12:40 p.m., when officers responded to a commercial hold-up alarm at the bank located at 7301 Ritchie Highway. According to the...
Smash and dash: Would-be thieves ram Sunoco store, abandon ATM mid-heist
SILVER SPRING, Md. — Police are searching for suspects who attempted to rob a Silver Spring gas station overnight. At 2 a.m., officers with the Montgomery County Police Department responded to the Sunoco gas station on Cherry Hill Road for a reported burglary. Investigators say several suspects made their...
VIDEO: Gaithersburg home struck by lightning
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (DC News Now) — Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service (MCFRS) crews were at the scene of a home that was struck by lightning during Monday evening’s storms. MCFRS responded to the house in the 14800 block of Braemar Crescent Way in Gaithersburg. Pete Piringer, a spokesman for the department, said all […]
A Baltimore man died after being sedated and restrained by medics. His mom wants answers
When Trea Ellinger left a Baltimore drug rehab facility last summer, he assured his anxious mother that everything was fine. He had his medications and was planning to meet up with his girlfriend.
Six Cars Damaged in Garage Fire Monday Evening
Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services (MCFRS) responded to the Town Square Garage (Garage 61) on Ellsworth Drive in Downtown Silver Spring at approximately 6:20pm on Monday, July 15, for the report of a fire. According to Chief Spokesperson for MCFRS Pete Piringer, the fire was located on the upper...
‘If it weren’t for Prince waking me up, we would all be dead’ | Cat that died in house fire credited with saving people in Montgomery County
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (DC News Now) — Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service (MCFRS) said a cat died and a family was displaced after a house fire in Gaithersburg on Sunday morning. Crews said that at about 4:20 a.m., they responded to the 600 block of West Side Dr. for a house fire with people […]
Water taxi, boat collide on the Potomac River
WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — Crews with DC Fire and EMS were on the Potomac River on Saturday afternoon to rescue people from a boat that took on water. In a post made on X at 3:12 p.m., officials said the incident happened near the 14th Street bridge. A 24-foot pleasure craft and water taxi […]
Echoes of history: George Wallace's 1972 assassination attempt in Laurel, Md. revisited
WASHINGTON (7News) — The recent attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania connects us to a part of our local history that happened decades ago. In May of 1972, Alabama governor and presidential candidate George Wallace experienced a similar assassination attempt at a campaign rally in...
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