The Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is lifting the health advisory for the Potomac River. Ongoing water monitoring consistently demonstrates that bacterial concentrations have returned to acceptable parameters,…
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News and updates about Public Safety in Montgomery County, Maryland
Silver Alert: Concern for Missing Eighty-Four-Year-Old Man (LOCATED) – Mocofeed
UPDATE: William Rutherford has been located safe and unharmed.______________________________________________ Gaithersburg, MD – Detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police – 5th District Investigative Section are asking for the public’s assistance in…
Silver Alert: Concern for Missing Seventy-Three-Year-Old (LOCATED) – Mocofeed
UPDATE: Francisco Antonio Gonzalez has been located safe and unharmed. Gaithersburg, MD – Detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police – 5th District Investigative Section are asking for the public’s assistance…
Concern for Missing Fifteen-Year-Old
UPDATE – July 16, 2026 at 02:36 PM UTC: Concern for Missing Fifteen-Year-Old Gaithersburg, MD – Detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police – Special Victims Investigations Division are asking for…
Twenty-Five-Year-Old Gaithersburg Man Killed in West Diamond Avenue Collision – Mocofeed
Gaithersburg, MD – Detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police – Collision Reconstruction Unit are investigating a fatal collision that occurred on Saturday, May 16, 2026. The collision resulted in the…
Burtonsville Man Charged with Killing His Mother; Arrested in North Carolina – Mocofeed
Gaithersburg, MD — A Burtonsville man is in a North Carolina jail awaiting extradition to Maryland for allegedly killing his mother. On Saturday, May 16, 2026, at approximately 5:56 p.m., Montgomery County…
Summary of Events: Blackburn Lane Death Investigation – Mocofeed
The following is a brief summary of events regarding a death investigation on Blackburn Lane in Burtonsville. On Saturday, May 16, 2026, at approximately 6:23 p.m., Montgomery County Department of Police 3rd…
Summary of Events: West Diamond Avenue Fatal Collision – Mocofeed
The following is a brief summary of events regarding a fatal collision that occurred on Saturday, May 16, 2026, near the intersection of West Diamond Avenue and the I-270 ramp in Gaithersburg….
MCPD Daily Crime Summary – May 19, 2026 – Mocofeed
Original post on the MCPD Facebook page (May 19, 2026). This is the MCPD daily crime summary for May 18, 2026. Notably, there were multiple incidents of theft from vehicles, including several…
Weekly Crime Report for May 12 – 18, 2026 – Mocofeed
May 19, 2026 Protecting Yourself From Imposter Fraud Scams Imposter Scams were the leading type of fraud scam in 2023 and cost Americans over $2.6 billion. In one type of Imposter Scam,…