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Wednesday, March 05, 2008

Burglary

On 03/05/08, at approximately 9:35 a.m., police responded to 306 E Diamond Avenue for the report of a burglary. The front window was broken out with a brick and property was taken from the display window.

Sometime between 3:00 p.m. on 03/04/08 and 5:30 a.m. on 03/05/08, a side window was broken out at 12 S Summit Avenue. Entry was made and cash was taken from the register which was pried open.

306 E Diamond Avenue is the Victor Litz Music Store.

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Burglary

Sometime between 1:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. on 02/27/08, a residence in the 700 block of Quince Orchard Boulevard was burglarized. Entry was made through an unlocked front door and property was taken.

• Patricia M. Murret writes, Gaithersburg man gets 80 years for Olde Towne rape:
  

  A 28-year-old Gaithersburg man who raped a Montgomery Village woman at knifepoint in Gaithersburg in December 2006 was sentenced to 80 years in prison last week.

  Walter Flores-Montalban, who formerly lived in the unit block of North Summit Drive, was convicted on July 20 of first-degree rape, first-degree sex offense and robbery with a dangerous weapon, according to Seth Zucker, spokesman for the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office. Circuit Court Judge David Boynton sentenced Montalban on Thursday.

• Patricia M. Murret writes, Former GHS football player guilty in two robbery cases:
  

  A former Gaithersburg camp counselor has been found guilty on four counts in connection to charges of robbery and sex offense of 11 women in the city last summer.

• Sebastian Montes writes, Attorney General calls anti-solicitation law unconstitutional:
  

  After nearly a year of review, Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler says Gaithersburg’s anti-solicitation ordinance would not survive a First Amendment challenge.

• This item isn’t specifically Gaithersburg-related, but I thought the bit I quote here was an interesting sign that the County was coming under increased pressure to do something about day laborers other than just spending more money to provide them with services that many of them don’t even appear to want.

  Agnes Jasinski writes, Residents, council miffed over stalled Long Branch plans:

  Aat Muys, a member of the Long Branch Civic Association, demanded the county do something about what he said was an increase in loitering day laborers. Leventhal (D-At large) of Takoma Park blamed the increase of men on a lack of jobs for them and a poor economy, and refuted Muys’ claim that immigrant advocacy group Casa of Maryland was part of the problem.

  Andrew Kleine, a board member of Casa and a member of the Long Branch committee said Casa was working on getting day laborers to use their laborer center rather than congregating outside of businesses.

  ‘‘It’s not the majority, but a minority that are causing problems, with trash in the park and public inebriation,” Rubenstein said the next day. She said the day laborer issue comes up periodically. ‘‘But even the presence of a small amount of those things signal to some people that this is a broken window.”

• Bradford Pearson writes, Rain collection could pay off for homeowners in Montgomery:
  

  A new county program will reimburse residents, businesses and institutions for measures taken to combat excess rain runoff on their property.

• Sebastian Montes writes, Kentlands residents skeptical of industrial plan:
  

  Kentlands residents, given their first look at a county plan to move industrial operations and a public safety campus next to their community, said it would be a blow to the residential character of the surrounding neighborhoods.

• Patricia M. Murret writes, Summit developers sent back to drawing board:
  

  Builders of The Summit, a mixed-use project slated for an abandoned 6.8-acre shopping center off Girard Street and Goshen Road in Gaithersburg, were told to revise their proposal last week.

• Patricia M. Murret writes, Aquatic Center delayed years:
  

  Revised project plans for the $25 million indoor pool and recreation center slated for the Lakelands have been announced after Gaithersburg leaders temporarily tanked the project in January.

• Sebastian Montes writes, Hopkins hoping to spark transitway:
  

  Johns Hopkins University officials believe their vision for a 500-acre research campus in the Shady Grove West area could be a catalyst for getting the Corridor Cities Transitway built after decades of delay.

• Patricia M. Murret writes, Orchard Pond property to get more MPDUs:
  

  Land near the future Watkins Mill Town Center in Gaithersburg could see more affordable housing due tomoves by the county’s Housing Opportunities Commission and Gaithersburg’s mayor and city council.