Wednesday, September 03, 2025

Thieves return to Westbard Square parking garage in Bethesda


Thieves returned to the parking garage at the Westbard Square development in Bethesda on Monday for the first time since June. Montgomery County police responded to a report of property having been stolen from a vehicle in the garage at 11:55 AM Monday, September 1. That is within the typical midday time period that thieves have favored for smash-and-grab activity inside the garage, which is located in the 5300 block of Zenith Overlook.

After the last theft incident on June 16 at 11:30 AM, Westbard Square property owner Regency Centers announced it would be installing security cameras inside the garage, and that police would have direct access to that surveillance footage. No thefts had been reported in the garage since then, until Monday. Whether the new cameras have led to an arrest in this case, or will provide an image of the suspect(s) that police can release to the public to facilitate such an arrest, has not been made public as of this writing.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Not a big deal, we are suffering from our 'elected' leader in the WH scaring the wits out of a marginalized segment of our society. It's all driven by poverty IN OUR Nation's Capitol.

JAC said...

Can they figure out a way to stream the video directly to officers who may be nearby or at least to the station? You say direct access but does that mean real-time? Reviewing footage is helpful in finding the crooks. But perhaps technology needs to be stepped up here just a bit further if possible.

JAC said...

5:56 - So Trump wasn't elected? Second, Marc Elrich and the 100% Far Left Dem county council is not to blame? Blame Trump. That's nice.

Anonymous said...

Got that reversed as people in those marginalized neighborhoods have been interviewed saying how much difference the reduction in crime has made in their daily lives. 5:56 on the other hand lives in a relatively safer neighborhood and along with those upper NW liberals would rather have "those" people suffer than admit that Trump is doing the right thing.

Anonymous said...

Exactly ! 5:56 Trump made them smash the window.

Anonymous said...

Reviewing real-time video of parking garages? Because the Montgomery County police officers don't have enough to do during their shifts as it is?

JAC said...

1:05 - Missed that point entirely.