Montgomery County police have arrested a suspect in the April 25, 2026 armed robbery at Westfield Montgomery Mall in Bethesda. Kilbert Rosales, 34, of no fixed address, was identified by one of the two victims. Officers located Rosales near the Transit Center on the mall property. He initially was cooperative, but after being handcuffed, he allegedly resisted arrest and assaulted police. Before being placed in the rear of a police cruiser, police say Rosales began to slam his head into the rear window of the vehicle, lacerating his face.
Rosales has been charged with armed robbery, theft ($100 to under $1,500), disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, malicious destruction of property, assault, making a false statement to a police officer, and related charges. He is being held without bond at the County jail. Police recovered the box cutter he allegedly used to threaten the two victims in the parking garage outside of Nordstrom on his person.
I heard the Purple Line will solve these problems!
ReplyDeleteYes, it will facilitate them.
DeleteThe Purple Line does not extend to Montgomery Mall.
Delete"While there is no direct Metro station at the mall, nearby stations like Bethesda offer easy transfers to Ride On and Metrobus routes that stop at the mall’s Transit Center."
DeleteI can hardly wait to shop and dine in West Hyattsville!!
DeletePL is basically a life line for the youngin criminals.
DeleteI'm sure this comment section will remain calm, fact-based, and free of dogwhistles (though we're already at one at the time of this comment).
ReplyDeleteThe level of sophistication is beyond comprehension.
Delete@11:05 Projection
DeleteWhat, are we not allowed to notice things? Better to die ignorant of the world, I guess
DeleteHence the saying: Ignorance is Bliss.
DeleteSounds like a real winner.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't call it a dog whistle. What areas on it have less crime than Bethesda besides maybe Chevy Chase Lake?
ReplyDeleteGood job, police and mall security!
ReplyDeleteAren't we all sick of seeing these crime reports everyday single day? What is being done about all of this? NOTHING!
ReplyDeleteNot so sure about 'every day, ' but otoh there are many unreported here (no reflection on Mr. Dyer). Likewise some crime is reported on other smaller blogs but there seems no central reporting, much to our AG's benefit: it pays to keep us uninformed and docile.
DeleteYou live in moco what do you expect.
DeleteThose who can afford it buy high tech security gadgets.
Delete"Police note that the daily crime summary reflects only a portion of
Deletereported calls for service and not all incidents that occurred on that date."
Westfield does a good job with ensuring the mall is well secured with security and police offers inside and outside the mall. Glad they caught the culprit, I do hope that they cut off the M70 route as it’ll bring in more crime from Purple Line. I hate the purple line so much, it’ll make Bethesda the new crime scene
ReplyDeleteThe M70 has been ruined ever since covid. No one pays. The drivers just lets homeless people sleep in the back and hardly anyone pays....
DeleteSince the criminal was armed it couldn't have been the Fugitive Kimball.
ReplyDeleteNo, the show was cancelled. . .
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