Montgomery County News

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An arrest was made as a result of an ongoing investigation conducted by detectives from the Child Exploitation Unit along Patrick Wietz, 24, has been charged with attempting to take indecent liberties with children under 15 years old and with the use of communications systems to facilitate certain offenses involving children, according to ... (more)

Montgomery County Police take a man into custody following gunfire in Chevy Chase.

Montgomery County Police are investigating a case of shots fired in Chevy Chase.

A Montgomery County grand jury on Thursday indicted a Damascus man in the beating death of his 3-year-old son.

The seemingly unending winter landed one last wallop in Montgomery County: Cleanup cost to date have totaled nearly three times what was budgeted.

A Maryland Court of Appeals decision on defendants' rights to an attorney when bail is set is expected to lead to substantial restructuring of the state's criminal justice system.

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Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett said the county's next proposed operating budget will not return to pre-recession spending levels.

A woman was held on $350,000 bail Wednesday on charges of using her 5-year-old daughter to make homemade pornography videos from a laptop.

Two Germantown women who told police they were performing an exorcism when officials found two children stabbed to death in their home were indicted by a grand jury Thursday for first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder, according to reports.

Don't let the name fool you: Franklin Delano Howard Jr. is running as a Republican for the District 14 seat in the state Senate.

District 19 delegate candidate Paul Bardack, of Silver Spring, wants to take his experience in business, online learning and job training, and affordable housing policy to Annapolis.

Some roads in the region are closed or have police directing traffic Thursday morning as high winds caused power outages .

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A $1 million donation to an effort to attract teachers in the Prince George's County Public Schools was welcomed by the chief executive of the school system this week, but not by all school leaders.

Police have charged three men with robbing a Well Fargo branch in Rockville that resulted in a manhunt and shutdown of Interstate 270 .

Rob Troup, the No. 2 official at Metro, played service rep for the customers Tuesday night.

Two Montgomery County Council members in districts where the Purple Line is slated to go would like the county executive to formalize a collection of community groups into an official county work group to provide input on the project's implementation.

As the deadline to file for a state candidate seat drew near on Feb. 25, Vanessa Atterbeary made a down-to-the-wire decision.