Montgomery County News

Eric Justin Toth, 31, a former private school teacher and camp counselor, pled guilty today to three counts of production of child pornography and other felony charges following an investigation that began more than five years ago with the discovery of pornographic images on a school camera that had been in his possession.

Montgomery County Community Media was the first to report the story. Katz recently closed his family's business , Wolfson's Department Store in Olde Town Gaithersburg.

For now, it's just an idea, but one of many Montgomery County planners will be putting out to the public in the coming months while refining a new vision for downtown Bethesda .

The holiday season is usually Manna Food Center's busiest time of year, but in the days before Thanksgiving, the Gaithersburg nonprofit saw more clients than expected.

Montgomery County Police, Rockville Police, and Gaithersburg Police are working together to solve a series of overnight smash and grab burglaries.

Montgomery County's new Republican Party chairman plans to focus on finding conservative candidates and promoting conservative principles as the county prepares for November's elections.

James Bazen Big Band Sharon Clark is the featured vocalist in the concert, "Merry Christmas Take One," led by jazz saxophonist Bazen.

Montgomery County police say a man suspected of committing bank robberies at two banks has been arrested after a bank robbery in Washington.

That's how many ounces of strawberry-flavored milk Montgomery County students bought at school during the month of October.

"I had to embrace my inner oblivious old joker, and put myself into the shoes of a millionaire who's been through seven or eight marriages and is still happy as a clam," said Kazz Felix-Hawver, a Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School student.

Potomac is poised for more townhouses. The Gazette reports the Montgomery County Planning Department has approved the plans of Winchester Homes Inc. for a development of 23 townhouses on 5 acres along Seven Locks Road.

Proceeds from the tournament, held Oct. 14 at the Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Va., will benefit a dozen local medical and support organizations, including Shady Grove Adventist Hospital in ; Suburban Hospital in Bethesda; the Children's Inn at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda; the Primary Care Coalition of Montgomery County; ... (more)

A bill before the Baltimore County Council would increase fines for animal cruelty and change the way the county handles animal complaints, but a lawyer said Tuesday that the measure could be unconstitutional.

Only on 9, some local parents will be in a Maryland courtroom Friday after they allegedly broke into the home of their daughter's boyfriend and beat him with a baseball bat.

Dan Gross/The Gazette ¬ Saqib Ali, co-chair of Equality4Eids, a campaign to get Montgomery County Public Schools closed on two Muslim holidays.

A 30-year-old Germantown man who had been working as a private tutor and athletic coach has been arrested and charged with sexually abusing the teenage girl he was teaching.

The owner of a coal-fired power plant in Dickerson plans to stop using coal to generate electricity at two of its Maryland plants.

Montgomery County police have arrested a man who worked as a private athletic coach and charged him with sex offenses stemming from an incident with a teenage girl.

Detectives said Tuesday that 30-year-old Daniel Sirotkin of Germantown has also been charged with third-degree sex offense.

Montgomery County Police are searching for a 30- to 40- year-old man they believe robbed banks in Bethesda and Rockville last week.