A 31-year-old Germantown man, already in custody for a string of bank robberies in Montgomery County, now has additional charges after fighting with county officers in a bathroom Tuesday evening at Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring.
The U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland Erek L. Barron last week announced the unsealing of a federal complaint charging six men, including two from Silver Spring, for a drug trafficking conspiracy that allegedly distributed cocaine and other drugs in Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties, as well as the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
The Takoma Park Youth Council is partnering with Adventist Community Services on a Winter Clothes Drive, city officials announced.
Two new restaurants — Valenciana Wine Garden and Guavaberry Dominican Restaurant — will be opening in recently-vacated locations in downtown Silver Spring.
The county has launched the region’s first Electric Vehicle Purchasing Cooperative, a pilot program to encourage residents and businesses to buy EVs, as well as help the county reach its goal of an 80 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2027 and a 100 percent reduction by 2035.
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Detectives from the county’s Major Crimes Division are asking the public for help in identifying two suspects caught on surveillance video during an armed robbery of a CVS Pharmacy in Silver Spring.
The Takoma Park Maryland Library, in partnership with Montgomery County Government, will be distributing free, rapid at-home COVID-19 test kits Wednesday, city officials announced.
A staff report prepared for a County Council briefing scheduled for today (Jan. 18) shows a significant increase in homicides, carjackings and firearm-related violent crime in the county in 2021 compared to 2020. While the report notes that total violent crime decreased almost 13% in 2020 compared to 2019—largely due to COVID-related shutdowns—carjackings were up that year almost 90% and homicides increased 21%.