Montgomery County police responded to a report of a 2nd-degree assault at a condominium complex in North Bethesda Saturday night, April 13, 2024. The assault was reported at the Bethesda Park condos in the 12300 block of Braxfield Court at 9:50 PM Saturday. It allegedly occurred in a parking lot at the complex.
Forgive me, but this is 1D, Rockville district. It is north of the 1D-2D border of Randolph Road. I know the zip code comes up as Bethesda, but it's actually Rockville's beat.
ReplyDeleteAdditionally, the call was dispatched as domestic violence. Not that that is any less violent a crime, but this was not an instance of random-stranger violence.
The new normal in our sleepy town is not if but when.
ReplyDeleteIn Maryland, second-degree assault is defined as a harmful or offensive, unconsented to, contact. An assault can even be charged even if there was no physical contact, but rather, someone was placed in apprehension of a harmful or offensive, unconsented to, contact. Simple touching perhaps?
ReplyDeleteBy these descriptions, I assault & get assaulted on a daily basis, (sometimes hourly) here on the mean streets of Bethesda. Battery however, is a whole other conversation.
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