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  • Crime down at Montgomery County Metro stations

    By Kate Jacobson | 06/13/13 06:10 PM

    Crime at Montgomery County's Metro stops has fallen to 275 incidents from 354 last year, but officials are concerned with the large number of thefts of riders' smart phones and other electronics. Jeff Delinksi, deputy chief of the Metro Transit Police, told the County Council's Public Safety...

  • Ike Leggett's bid for county executive sets up Democratic showdown

    By Kate Jacobson | 06/12/13 08:30 PM

    Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett's announcement Wednesday that he is seeking re-election for the county's top spot sets up a Democratic showdown with his predecessor and a county lawmaker who has been critical of his spending. Leggett is one of three candidates who have publicly and...

  • Montgomery County teacher charged with sex abuse of students

    By Scott McCabe | 06/12/13 06:25 PM

    A Silver Spring middle school teacher has been accused of sexually abusing three students on campus. Montgomery County police began the investigation last month after administrators at the A. Mario Loiederman Middle School reported that two 11-year-old girls said they were inappropriately...

  • Montgomery schools consider tightening out-of-district transfers

    By Rachel Baye | 06/12/13 06:15 PM

    Attending high school outside of a student's neighborhood would become more difficult under a new policy being considered by the Montgomery County school board. The change would, for the first time, require students who attend middle schools outside their neighborhoods to apply to attend high...

  • Ike Leggett to run for Montgomery County executive in 2014

    By Kate Jacobson | 06/12/13 01:00 PM

    Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett is officially running for re-election next year. Leggett wrote in a letter addressed to residents that he will seek a third term as county executive. The letter outlines his platform for the 2014 election. Leggett said he intends to focus on schools,...

  • Chevy Chase teen dies after being struck by falling tree

    By Naomi Jagoda | 06/12/13 10:10 AM

    A 15-year-old Chevy Chase boy is dead after a tree fell and struck him near the Rock Creek Trail, police said. Joshua Davis was reported missing by his parents Monday night when he didn't return from a bicycle ride. Emergency workers found Davis' body Tuesday afternoon in the area of the 9200...

  • Montgomery County woman dies after crash; daughter injured

    By Naomi Jagoda | 06/11/13 11:55 AM

    A Poolesville woman died after single-car crash in Montgomery County, and her 18-year-old daughter was injured, police said. About 9:40 p.m. Monday, Frances Cooke D'Anna, 52, was driving a blue 2008 Hyundai Elantra westbound on Darnestown Road when the vehicle went through standing water on...

  • Two men arrested after cop witnesses Montgomery County robbery

    By Naomi Jagoda | 06/10/13 04:55 PM

    Two Frederick County men were arrested after an off-duty Montgomery County police officer witnessed a bank robbery in Damascus, police said. Officer William Morrison was operating his marked patrol vehicle on Thursday morning in the driver-thru of the M&T Bank located at 9801 Main St. when...

  • Maryland man gets 2 life sentence for killing wife, stepson

    By Scott McCabe | 06/10/13 04:20 PM

    A Montgomery County man convicted of killing his wife and fatally beating his 11-year-old stepson with a baseball bat was sentenced to two life sentences without the possibility of parole. Curtis Lopez used a 30-pound weight and knife to kill his wife, Jane McQuain, 51, inside her Germantown...

  • Montgomery County spent $10.8m to remove 6.4 inches of snow

    By Kate Jacobson | 06/09/13 07:35 PM

    Montgomery County spent almost $11 million to remove 6.4 inches of snow during the 2012-2013 winter, almost a third of the $38.6 million it spent for storm cleanup in fiscal 2013. The snow and ice cleanups cost about $8.1 million more than the county budgeted. In a memo to the County...


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