Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Police said the Damascus resident ran one man down with his car, targeted another.
A Damascus man has pleaded guilty to second-degree depraved heart murder in connection to the December hit-and-run death of a Potomac man in Gaithersburg, the Montgomery County State's Attorney's office said. "Depraved heart murder is the reckless action and wonton disregard for human life that a defendant takes or has towards another," according to a release from the State's Attorney's office. Fernando Josue Valenzuela, 20, of the unit block of Valley Park Court in Damascus, faces up to 20 years in prison. Under the plea agreement, he will not be tried on the original charges of one count of first-degree murder and one count of attempted first-degree murder. In March, Valenzuela was charged in the death of Billie Jay Genies, 34, of the …
Monday, May 13, 2013
The following information was provided by the Montgomery County Police Department. Arrests or charges do not indicate a conviction.
Montgomery County police released a crime summary for April 22 through April 30. The following incidents were reported in Gaithersburg: For questions about this blotter, email greg.cohen@patch.com.
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
The 63-year-old was charged with two counts of misdemeanor theft and one count of felony theft.
A 63-year-old Washington, DC, man has been arrested for multiple residential burglaries in the Gaithersburg area, Gaithersburg police announced Wednesday. Larry Francis Jackson, of Pennsylvania Avenue, was charged with two counts of misdemeanor theft and one count of felony theft. Jackson was identified as a suspect in a Feb. 7 residential burglary in the unit block of Virginia Drive and a Feb. 14 residential burglary in the unit block of Brighton Drive, both in Gaithersburg, police said. Detectives are continuing to investigate other residential burglaries that occurred within the city of Gaithersburg that possibly involve Jackson, police said. Jackson has been released on a $15,000 bond.
The following information was provided by the Montgomery County Police Department. Arrests or charges do not indicate a conviction.
Montgomery County police released a crime summary for April 15 through April 23. The following incidents were reported in Gaithersburg: For questions about this blotter, email greg.cohen@patch.com.
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Friday, May 3, 2013
Police: The suspect was located within the wooded area behind Bugaboo Creek Steakhouse and placed under arrest.
A 26-year-old man was was charged with two counts of second degree burglary and theft less than $1,000 in connection to two burglaries of a Gaithersburg veterinary hospital, police say. Joshua Richards, of no fixed address, twice broke into Negola's Ark Veterinary Hospital, located at 9401 Fields Road, according to Gaithersburg police. After the second incident, which occurred on April 30 at 2:17 a.m., Richards was observed fleeing on foot to the rear of the building, police said. He was later located within the wooded area behind Bugaboo Creek Steakhouse and placed under arrest. Two days earlier, police said they responded to the veterinary hospital at 3:57 a.m. for the report of a commercial burglary alarm. Richards is also believed to …
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Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Gaithersburg police still hope to identify a suspect in the April 22 attempted kidnapping in the Washingtonian Woods neighborhood.
Police have received a number of tips regarding a possible suspect in an attempted Gaithersburg kidnapping, a Gaithersburg police spokesman said. Gaithersburg police released a composite sketch of a man who attempted to kidnap a 14-year-old boy while the boy was running on Midsummer Drive in the Washingtonian Woods neighborhood the evening of April 22. Police are no closer to identifying the suspect, but they are pleased with the amount of tips that are coming in because it means people are paying attention, Gaithersburg police Officer Dan Lane said. "We got a number of calls saying that [people] have seen that van, seen an individual matching that description, all the way from here to West Virigina," Lane said. The suspect is described as…
The Gazette: Prosecutors say a 44-year-old Gaithersburg man paid $100 for sex with the girl.
A Montgomery County grand jury has indicted a Gaithersburg woman on charges that she prostituted her daughter in order to pay a debt, The Gazette reported. Bejarni Rivas, 44, of Gaithersburg, paid the mother $100 each time to have sex with the victim, according to charging documents cited in the report. The alleged incidents occurred in the men's changing room at the Georgian Colonies Club House in Silver Spring between December and March, the report said. Rivas is charged with 13 counts of rape, sexual abuse, and other charges, The Gazette reported. The mother is charged with 11 similar counts, and was being held in jail on $275,000 bond. The Gazette did not name the mother or the daughter, citing a policy of not naming people who say …
Monday, April 29, 2013
The following information was provided by the Montgomery County Police Department. Arrests or charges do not indicate a conviction.
Montgomery County police released a crime summary for April 8 through April 16. The following incidents were reported in Gaithersburg: For questions about this blotter, email greg.cohen@patch.com.
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Police are asking for the public's help in identifying the suspect.
Gaithersburg police are asking for the public's help in identifying a possible suspect in Monday's attempted kidnapping in the 500 block of Midsummer Drive. Police released a composite sketch of the suspect. He is described as a Hispanic male, with a medium complexion and muscular build, short black hair, between 6 feet and 6 feet 1 inch, and weighing 190 to 210 pounds. He has a goatee, brown eyes, a round face and sideburns that go to the middle of his ears. Police said the suspect's vehicle, a van, is described as a square style, similar to a delivery or painter van. It is possibly a Ford or Chevy model, white in color, with red trim along the top of the passenger side and rear. The license plate is located to the right of the rear …
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