From the Gaithersburg Police Crime Summary:

Burglary Arrest
On 02-23-07 at about 12:50 a.m. police responded to unit block of Water St. for a burglary in progress. A witness reported seeing three suspects break a window and enter a vacant apartment. When police officers arrived on scene they where directed to a abandon unit where the three suspects were located inside. The three suspects were arrested and charged with 4th degree burglary and malicious destruction of property.

Arrested:
Jose A Fuentes 49 yoa, Hispanic Male, no fixed address
Antonio Fuentes 35 yoa, Hispanic Male, no fixed address
Jose Sanchez 34 yoa, Hispanic Male, no fixed address

Great work here by the Police. I think this is pretty unusual — so many burglaries go unsolved. One wonders, however, what they were going to burgle from an vacant apartment.

Aggravated Assault

Victim reports that on 02/22/07, at approximately 8:30 a.m., she was stopped behind a school bus, displaying its alternating red signals, in the area of Watch Hill Lane and Crown Farm Drive. A motorist behind her began to drive past her vehicle. Victim reports that she exited her vehicle to stop the other motorist, and a verbal dispute ensued. When the victim refused to move, the other driver purposely bumped her with his vehicle. No injury reported by the victim. The identity of the other driver has not yet been verified.

Armed Robbery
On 02/21/2007 at approximately 5:36 pm victim was walking in the unit block of Standard Court and was approached by two suspects. They displayed a knife and robbed victim of an iPod. Investigation to continue.

Both suspects described as Hispanic males, 16 - 18 years old, 5′07″ - 5′09″, 140 -150 pounds, one armed with 4 - 5 inch folding knife.

On 02/21/2007 at approximately 10:09 pm a cab driver was assaulted and robbed at knifepoint by suspect in cab. Suspect fled on foot and was arrested a short distance away. Cab driver was treated for injuries on scene.

Arrest
On 02/21/2007 at approximately 4:26 pm officers responded to 517 South Frederick Avenue for a dispute. One of the involved subjects became irate and attempted to assault the officer. He was arrested and charged accordingly.

Mocoprogressive has more on the taxi incident.

From the Montgomery County Police Crime Summary:

On 2/7/07 at 6:35 p.m., a 47-year-old homeless woman was physically attacked by a 40-year-old homeless man in the 18500 block of N. Frederick Avenue in Gaithersburg.

-Arrested – Timothy Brian Keith, charged with 1st and 2nd degree assault.

-On 2/8/07 at 12 midnight, police responded to the Bloom Grocery Store located at 833 Russell Avenue in Germantown, for the report of a larceny. Money was stolen from a woman’s purse. Arrested were:

  • Rodney Irving Cotton, age 21, of the 2000 block of Merryfield Drive in Silver Spring.
  • George M. Pickett, age 19, of the 9500 block of Wightman Road in Gaithersburg.
  • T. Herbert Martin, age 19, of the 9300 block of Merust Lane in Gaithersburg.

All there were charged with theft. Cotton was charged with giving a false name and hindering the investigation of a crime, as well.

The 6th district weekly report summary states that they handled one robbery, one aggravated assault, three commercial and eight residential burglaries, thirty-six thefts from vehicles, and six stolen vehicles. There apparently was a great deal of vandalism in the area in the past week. Please do download the report PDF and read through the litany.