Tag: Montgomery County, MD
Germantown Man Who Opened Fire On Officer Struck In Shootout, Hospitalized, Arrested: Police
A Maryland man who fired shots at a police officer during a wild pursuit is behind bars, officials confirmed.
Germantown native Andre Duvall is facing charges after a shootout ended with him suffering a gunshot wound and being arrested for attempted murder, according to the Montgomery County Department of Police.
Shortly before 5 p.m. on Tuesday, March 24, officers were patrolling the area of Contour Road in Montgomery Village following community complaints of criminal activity including aggravated assaults, robberies, thefts, drug activity, disorderly conduct, and other public nuisance cri…
Ex-fbi Agent Who Used Fake Modeling Gigs, Gaithersburg Tattoo Studios To Rape Women Sentenced
A former FBI agent from Maryland will likely spend the rest of his life in prison after being sentenced for luring young women into his Montgomery County tattoo studios and raping them under the guise of modeling opportunities.
Eduardo Valdivia, 41, of Gaithersburg, was found guilty on Friday, July 18 of a bevy of sex offenses by a jury in Montgomery County Circuit Court.
On Tuesday, Oct. 14, authorities announced that Valdivia has been sentenced to 80 years in prison, with all but 60 years to serve.
Valdivia, a former Supervisory Special Agent with the FBI for over a decade, owned DC…
‘Kill All Rats’: District Heights Man's Chilling Jailhouse Letter Adds Decades To Sentence
He tried to kill a man. Then, from behind bars, he wrote letters promising to finish the job.
Now, a Maryland inmate will spend nearly three more decades in prison.
Nasir Wilkinson, 23, of District Heights, was sentenced Tuesday, Sept. 16, to 35 years in prison after Judge Marybeth Ayres in Montgomery County Circuit Court stacked new time on top of his attempted murder conviction, prosecutors announced.
Wilkinson had already been serving time for a brutal stabbing on March 26, 2024, when he left a man bleeding out in the 20300 block of Notting Hill Way in Germantown.
The man survive…
Suspects Hundreds Of Miles From Home Linked To Violent Armed CVS Robbery In Potomac: Police
Two out-of-state men are accused of driving hundreds of miles from their hometowns to Maryland, where they held up a CVS location during a violent robbery, police say.
Shakir Dequan Jude, 31, of Cary, North Carolina, and Justin Thomas Whitaker, 32, of Brooklyn, are both facing charges in connection with a May armed robbery in Potomac, the Montgomery County Department of Police announced on Wednesday, Sept. 3.
At around 3:20 a.m. on Sunday, May 25, the masked duo entered the CVS in the 7900 block of Tuckerman Lane wearing gloves and armed with handguns.
Police said they forced t…
Cold Case Cracked: Silver Spring Man Arrested For 2022 Apartment Murder, Police Say
Nearly three years after a deadly shooting outside a Maryland apartment complex, detectives say they’ve arrested the man responsible.
Montgomery County Police announced Wednesday, Sept. 3, that Jason Duane Moore, 47, of Silver Spring, has been charged in connection with the 2022 killing of Nathaniel Potts, 29.
On Friday, Dec. 2, 2022, at about 3:05 a.m., officers responded to the 8500 block of 16th Street at the Summit Hills apartments in Silver Spring for a report of a shooting.
Potts was found in the parking lot suffering from gunshot wounds and was rushed to a hospital, where he l…
DC Woman Blew Elderly Maryland Grandpa’s $266K+ Savings On Luxury Life, Police Say
A DC woman is accused of draining her 95-year-old grandfather’s life savings so she could bankroll a luxury lifestyle, police in Maryland say.
Erica Hopper, 45, was granted Power of Attorney for her then-90-year-old grandfather in December 2020; but instead of protecting his finances, detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police say she used his money to splurge on herself.
Now she is facing prison time.
From November 2021 through June 2025, investigators say Hopper made more than $266,000 in unauthorized purchases — including over $25,000 in car payments, more than $49,000 i…
Gaithersburg Murder Suspect Nabbed In Texas Hours After Partner Shot To Death, Police Say
A wanted fugitive accused of killing his partner in Maryland was tracked down hundreds of miles away in Texas, authorities announced.
Luis Antonio Quintanilla, 39, is sitting in a Texas jail after being arrested in Irving on Monday, Sept. 1 after local authorities were alerted that he was wanted for murder in Montgomery County, according to police.
Detectives say Quintanilla fatally shot his partner, 35-year-old Maritza Ferman Sorto, outside their shared home in the 9000 block of Centerway Road in Gaithersburg.
On Sunday, Aug. 31, at about 2:42 a.m., officers responded to a 911 call report…
‘Grand Dame’ Walks Free: Housewives Star Karen Huger Gets New Release Date After Maryland DUI
Karen Huger is getting out of jail early.
The 62-year-old, who made her name starring on Bravo's "The Real Housewives of Potomac," is scheduled to be released early following her DUI arrest in Maryland last year.
Huger was found guilty by a jury of driving under the influence, negligent driving, and other offenses following a March 2024 crash in Montgomery County.
On Wednesday, Feb. 26, a judge sentenced Huger to two years, with one suspended, followed by five years' probation.
However, more than six months after that sentence, Huger is reportedly set to be released early, as o…
