Montgomery County

Here’s what alerts your technology can send and how to handle when it’s a false alarm.

Local emergency service providers are receiving accidental 911 alerts from people’s smart phones and watches. News4’s Jackie Bensen spoke with the director of one of the area’s largest communication centers about the problem. 

Montgomery County police are searching for whoever is responsible for defacing a sign outside a synagogue in Rockville, Maryland. 

Police are searching for the person who defaced a sign outside of a synagogue in Rockville, Maryland. News4’s Derrick Ward reports. 

Jacques Price, a 27-year-old father, was killed as he skateboarded down Viers Mill Road on April 8.

Jaques Prince was hit and killed as he rode his skateboard down Viers Mill Road in Montgomery County on April 8. The man accused to running him down, Gilver Zelaya-Diaz, is now held without bail having recently been released from federal prison. News4’s Paul Wagner spoke with Prince’s father.

A wingtip from a small Piper aircraft that had just taken off from the Montgomery County Airpark came crashing down into the Montgomery County police training facility.

The wounds of the driver — a fit 32-year-old who has boxed, wrestled and done combat sports since childhood — show how he fought for his life.

A rideshare driver may have saved his own life early Friday morning by swerving at high speed across lanes on the Capital Beltway in Maryland, trying to shake off a passenger who was stabbing him with a steak knife. Reporter Jackie Bensen spoke with that driver, only on News4.

A major shutdown on the Red Line is coming this summer, affecting five busy stations in Montgomery County. Transportation Reporter Adam Tuss reports the closures are due to Purple Line work that crosses the path of the Metro tracks. 

One person has minor injuries and residents had to evacuate the Enclave Apartments for a second morning in a row after a second fire. News4’s Joseph Olmo spoke with residents about the scary moments.

Students are filling half an acre of land with mulch for the farm, which is expected to yield $20,000 worth of produce each year for the community. News4’s Joseph Olmo reports.

Award-winning Chef Michael Friedman brings his latest venture, Aventino, to Maryland, where he creates Italian favorites with a Roman flare, like the cacio e pepe he prepares in this Food Fare. Right next door, you’ll find AP Pizza shop, which serves the New Jersey-style pizza Chef Mikey serves at his two other locations in D.C.

A person walking on Interstate 270 was killed early Friday, shutting down northbound lanes near the Intercounty Connector (ICC) in Gaithersburg, Montgomery County officials said. The victim, an adult, was hit at about 5:40 a.m., Montgomery County Fire and Rescue said. Their name was not immediately released. It’s unclear why they were walking along the busy highway. Northbound lanes between…

Police in Montgomery County, Maryland, say they were able to prevent a school shooting planned by a teen. Alex Ye, 18, a student at Thomas S. Wootton High School in Rockville, was arrested Wednesday and charged with threats of mass violence, police said Thursday. In a search, police say they found a 129-page document in which Ye “writes about committing…

Police in Montgomery County say they were able to prevent a school shooting planned by a student at Wootton High School in Rockville. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports.

A man under arrest for allegedly sexually assaulting a teenage girl in Rockville, Maryland, last week is on the Maryland Sex Offender Registry for a similar crime. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports. 

A man under arrest for allegedly sexually assaulting a teenage girl in Rockville, Maryland, last week is on the Maryland Sex Offender Registry for a similar crime, News4 has learned. 

The players traded their helmets for hard hats, joining 40 volunteers to help Habitat For Humanity build 27 homes in Montgomery County. News4’s Juliana Valencia reports.