Steve Contorno

Published: Sun, May 12, 2013

Authorities in Montgomery County are asking for help locating a Silver Spring boy with a medical condition who has been missing since Friday. Daniel Juwan Howard, 17, was last seen wearing blue jeans, a black T-shirt and black boots. The Montgomery County Police Family Crimes Division...

Rachel Baye

Updated: Sat, May 11, 2013

Montgomery County residents handed over 111 guns, 11 BB guns, 10,000 rounds of ammunition and a grenade at Saturday's statewide gun turn-in day, according to county police spokeswoman Lucille Baur. Among the 111 guns were 68 hand guns, 27 rifles -- including at least one AK-47 -- 15 shot guns...

Kate Jacobson

Updated: Fri, May 10, 2013

Editor's note: This article has been updated to reflect corrections to the size of the WSSC rate increase and its budget, and to clarify that utility workers, not county employees, will be receiving raises. Workers at Montgomery and Prince George's counties' water and sewer provider will...

Scott McCabe

Published: Thu, May 9, 2013

Sheriff Popkin is asking gun owners who no longer want their guns to turn them in on Saturday, no questions asked. Montgomery County is one of 20 counties around the state collecting guns. Weapons and bullets can be turned in between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. at Public Safety Headquarters in...

Naomi Jagoda

Published: Wed, May 8, 2013

A District Heights man who was a pimp for two prostitutes working at a Hilton hotel in Rockville was sentenced Wednesday to 10 1/2 years in prison. Nahshon Kornegay, 31, was sentenced in Montgomery County Circuit Court. He had been found guilty of human-trafficking, prostitution and drug...

Scott McCabe and Naomi Jagoda

Updated: Tue, May 7, 2013

D.C. cop accused of money laundering for drug dealer A District of Columbia police officer has been charged in a federal money laundering investigation in Pennsylvania. Jared Weinberg was arrested Monday at the Fourth District station on Georgia Avenue in upper Northwest D.C., where he...

Naomi Jagoda

Published: Tue, May 7, 2013

It's been 38 years since two young Montgomery County sisters disappeared. On the morning of March 25, 1975, 12-year-old Sheila Lyon and 10-year-old Katherine Lyon walked from their Kensington home to the Wheaton Plaza shopping center in order to have lunch at the Orange Bowl restaurant....

Andy Brownfield

Published: Mon, May 6, 2013

The Montgomery County Council on Monday approved a proposal that some lawmakers say would speed up construction of a Walmart in Aspen Hill. Council members voted 5-4 to start the process of a "minor master plan" including zoning changes to properties on Connecticut Avenue, which would allow...

Scott McCabe

Published: Mon, May 6, 2013

Montgomery County Police are investigating a pedestrian collision death at the Lakeforest bus stop in Gaithersburg. On April 26, about 8:30 p.m., Silvano Celedonio Alvarado, 60, of Germantown, was crossing Lost Knife Road near Odendhal Avenue when he was struck by a black 2005 Lexus 300 that...

Kate Jacobson

Updated: Fri, May 3, 2013

Montgomery County residents are fighting a plan to build a new middle school in a Kensington neighborhood park, and announced they will file an appeal on a recent court ruling clearing the way for the county to destroy the park. John Robinson, president of the Rock Creek Hills Citizens'...