Police do not suspect foul play By Dan Schere |
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A Burtonsville-area man was found dead on Tuesday, days after he was reported missing, Montgomery County police said. Police said they do not suspect foul play.
Kelvin Cook, 52, of Kruhm Road, last spoke to a family member by phone on Friday, police said in a press release on Sunday.
Since Friday, Cook’s family had not spoken to him and didn’t know where he was, police said.
Police said on Tuesday that Cook had been found dead.
Sgt. Rebecca Innocenti, a police spokeswoman, referred questions about Cook’s death to a medical examiner on Tuesday.
Call for help came in as possible drowning By Dan Schere |
May 28, 2021
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Montgomery County police said on Friday that an infant girl died after being in a bathtub at her home in North Bethesda on Thursday, possibly from a drowning. No foul play is suspected, a police spokeswoman said.
The girl’s parents called police around 8:24 p.m. on Thursday to report a possible drowning in the 11700 block of Old Georgetown Road, police spokeswoman Sgt. Rebecca Innocenti told Bethesda Beat on Friday.
Innocenti said Montgomery County Fire & Rescue personnel found the 9-month old girl not breathing and tried to save her life. She was taken to a hospital and later died.
Police union suing Montgomery County over use-of-force policy
Union representative says policy puts officers’ health and safety at risk By Dan Schere and Steve Bohnel |
May 21, 2021 | 11:18 am
May 21, 2021
Logo from FOP Lodge 35 Twitter page
Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 35, a union that represents officers in Montgomery County, is suing the county over a new policy that restricts officers’ ability to use force, saying the policy is not subject to collective bargaining.
The County Council passed the use-of-force policy in July 2020 in response to local and national concerns over police brutality. The change followed the death of George Floyd, a Black man in Minneapolis who died after a police officer knelt on his neck for several minutes.
No arrests made, police say By Dan Schere |
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A male robbed a Wells Fargo bank in Potomac on Monday, a Montgomery County police spokeswoman said. The bank has been robbed twice in three weeks.
Police got a call for a robbery around 12:05 p.m. on Monday at the Wells Fargo at 9812 Falls Road, police spokeswoman Sgt. Rebecca Innocenti told Bethesda Beat. Innocenti said a male obtained money and fled.
As of 3:45 p.m. no arrests had been made, Innocenti said. She did not have additional details.
Someone robbed the same bank on April 14, implying they were armed to the teller, police said in a press release. Police released an 18-second surveillance video, which shows someone wearing a red rain jacket and a facemask inside a building.
Teen charged with sexually assaulting woman in Rockville
He is being charged as an adult By Dan Schere |
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Montgomery County police have charged a teenage boy with sexually assaulting a woman inside her Rockville home on Thursday.
Cristian Vasquez, 15, of Rockville, went into the woman’s home on First Street through an unlocked door around 11 p.m. on Thursday, police said in a press release on Saturday. After the woman put away groceries, she walked upstairs and Vasquez, who was wearing a mask, grabbed her from behind.
Vasquez pulled the woman into a bedroom at knifepoint and covered her head before sexually assaulting her, police said. When Vasquez left, the woman drove away and called police.