Weekly Crime Report for May 19 – 25, 2026 – Mocofeed

Safety Tips for Travel & Summer Vacations

The summer vacation season has almost arrived! Travel provides the opportunity to relax and experience treasured memories, but also removes us from normal routines to unfamiliar places.  

Learn how to protect yourself, your family, and your belongings with these travel safety tips:

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• Research your destination ahead of time, and have a plan for how you will communicate if you don’t speak the local language. Discuss with others in your group where everyone will meet up and the plans for if someone becomes lost or separated from the group.
• E-mail copies of your important documents to yourself before your trip, and check-in with a well-trusted friend or loved one back home throughout your trip.
• Don’t draw attention to yourself when looking at maps or asking for directions, and try not to be conspicuous. Avoid areas where you might be alone.
• Don’t bring expensive jewelry on your trip. If you do, utilize safes in hotel rooms, and consider wearing your purse across your body or keeping credit cards, cash, keys, and IDs closer to your body where a thief can’t easily have access.
• Bring all your luggage and valuables to your room upon arrival at your lodging and lock your vehicle every time you leave it.
• As you’re searching for your room upon arrival, take a moment to note the most direct route to and from your room, to the fire escapes, and to elevators.
• Keep the hotel windows closed and dead bolt the door. Place the Do Not Disturb sign on the door and try to give the impression you are in your room even while away.
• Never let a stranger into your hotel room without first closing the door and checking with the front desk. Trust your instincts if you feel a stranger is acting suspicious.
• Keep young children and belongings within your view and reach while sightseeing, shopping, and engaging in leisure or sporting activities.
• Report any lost or stolen items to the hotel/motel management and to the police.

The American Red Cross provides numerous suggestions for keeping summer vacations safe. For best practices and checklists ahead of international travel, the U.S. Department of State provides traveler safety tips.

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Custodial Arrests

• 5/23/26, a male, age 35, was arrested for disorderly conduct, obstructing and hindering, and resisting arrest in the 1900 Blk. Veirs Mill Road.
• 5/24/26, a male, age 39, was arrested for assault, disorderly conduct, and failure to obey a lawful order in the 100 Blk. Gibbs Street.
• 5/25/26, a male, age 37, was arrested for domestic assault in the 1600 Blk. Coral Sea Drive.

Incidents

• 200 Blk. N. Washington Street, a known male assaulted the victim at 1:50 a.m. on 5/19/26. The victim was referred for charges.
• 200 Blk. Richard Montgomery Drive, a known male assaulted the victim and fled after a dispute about a parking space between 9:30 a.m. and 9:50 a.m. on 5/19/26.
• 800 Blk. Hungerford Drive, a known female assaulted the victim after an argument escalated between 8:50 p.m. and 8:58 p.m. on 5/19/26.
• 100 Blk. E. Jefferson Street, two known males engaged in a mutual assault at approx. 9:00 a.m. on 5/20/26. The parties were referred for charges.
• 1300 Blk. Piccard Drive, unknown subjects agreed to sell merchandise on Facebook marketplace to the victim. Upon arrival at the victim’s residence, the subject vandalized the residence and attempted to enter the residence at 8:00 p.m. on 5/20/26 before fleeing.
• 1000 Blk. Willowleaf Way, the victim reported that a known female forged his signature on a document on 5/20/26. Incident reported on 5/21/26.
• 500 Blk. Rutgers Street, an unknown male opened bank accounts in the victim’s name and continually requested the victim and her family provide him money between 3/16/26 and 5/20/26. Incident reported on 5/21/26.
• 1600 Blk. Rockville Pike, an unknown female stole merchandise from a business at 12:02 p.m. on 5/21/26.
• 300 Blk. Hungerford Drive, an unknown subject used AI to mimic the voice of the victim’s family member and called the victim several times between 11:00 a.m. and 1:19 p.m. on 5/21/26 asking to send money because she had been kidnapped, which was false.
• 100 Blk. Monroe Street, an unknown subject claimed to be the fraud officer of the victim’s bank and convinced the victim to make multiple transfers of money into unknown accounts between 12:00 p.m. on 5/14/26 and 6:00 p.m. on 5/15/26. Incident reported on 5/21/26.
• 1800 Blk. Chapman Avenue, a known male and a known female were involved in a mutual assault after an argument escalated at 2:47 a.m. on 5/22/26. The parties were referred for charges and obtaining a peace order.
• Unit Blk. W. Gude Drive, an unknown subject stole personal property from a residence between 4/26/26 and 5/4/26. Incident reported on 5/22/26.
• 1100 Blk. Seven Locks Road, an unknown subject broke the front passenger window and stole personal property from the victim’s vehicle at 7:06 a.m. on 5/22/26.
• 1600 Blk. E. Jefferson Street, an unknown subject forged and cashed a check from the victim’s bank account on 5/16/26. Incident reported on 5/23/26.
• 1600 Blk. Piccard Drive, an unknown subject broke the front driver-side door handles of three Honda Civics in a parking lot, and stole the airbags and personal property between 9:53 a.m. and 2:35 p.m. on 5/25/26.

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