This Week at Connected Communities - October 23, 2011

[Howard Hartman]

This Week at Connected Communities
October 23, 2011

Two people are on the missing persons headline this week.

A 64-year-old man from Gaithersburg who was last seen on October 13

http://connectedcommunities.us/showthread.php?t=46555

A 49-year old man from Montgomery Village who was last seen on October 12.

http://connectedcommunities.us/showthread.php?t=46598


Weekly Crime Summaries for all six county police districts, Rockville City, and Takoma Park were published October 17 to October 20.

http://connectedcommunities.us/forumdisplay.php?f=81


This week the body of the 11-year-old missing from Germantown was found in a wooded area of I-270 in Clarksburg. The boy’s stepfather is under arrest for the double homicide.

http://connectedcommunities.us/showthread.php?t=46490

An arrest was made in the May 2011 homicide of a 12-year-old Gaithersburg girl. The girl’s stepfather is the suspect.

http://connectedcommunities.us/showthread.php?t=44368

In both these cases domestic violence was the cause. This week the Sheriff’s Office arrested 40 people on family violence related warrants as part of the national Family Violence Warrant Sweep. Montgomery County deputies, along with Montgomery County Police Officers served 52 warrants on 40 wanted subjects.

http://connectedcommunities.us/showthread.php?t=46614


A special education teacher at Meadow Hall Elementary School in Rockville was arrested on sex offense charges stemming from online activity with undercover police officers that he thought were underage girls.

http://connectedcommunities.us/showthread.php?t=46556


Nine Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) students have been named semifinalists in the prestigious Siemens Competition in mathematics, science and technology.

http://connectedcommunities.us/showthread.php?t=46610


Due to the most recent incident at the Bethesda Metro Station earlier this week in which all three escalators simultaneously broke down, the Montgomery County Council's Transportation, Infrastructure, Energy & Environment (T&E) Committee will hold a special evening meeting this Tuesday at 7:30pm at the Bethesda-Chevy Chase Regional Services Center.

http://connectedcommunities.us/showthread.php?t=46616


Seniors are often fraud targets, particularly in regard to life and health insurance. The Maryland State Insurance Administration offers tips on what to watch for when dealing with insurance salesmen.

http://connectedcommunities.us/showthread.php?t=46568

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