MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE CORRIDOR HIT BY RASH OF THEFTS - BETHESDA CRIME UPDATE

One or more thieves hit neighborhoods off Massachusetts Avenue in Bethesda on December 9.  A total of seven thefts, all within blocks of each other [except Duvall Drive], were reported to police that day. An eighth theft was reported the following day, according to crime data. If you live nearby, make sure all vehicle and house doors and windows are locked. Report any suspicious persons or activities to Montgomery County Police - such reports have solved or prevented crimes already this year.

Here is a full list of crimes reported around Bethesda between December 9-11:

December 9

Theft. 7600 block Wisconsin Avenue (downtown Bethesda).

Theft. 4900 block Fairmont Avenue.

Assault. 4900 block Edgemoor Lane.

Theft. 7600 block Arlington Road.

Theft. 4300 block East-West Highway.

Theft. 4700 block Chevy Chase Drive.

Vehicle burglary. 5700 block Tanglewood Drive (Walt Whitman HS area).

Assault. 5000 block Westport Road (Green Acres area, River Road corridor).

Theft. 5800 block Osceola Road (Wood Acres neighborhood).

Theft. 5100 block Duvall Drive (Westmoreland Hills neighborhood).

Theft. 5000 block Scarsdale Road (Sumner neighborhood).

Theft. 5100 block Westpath Way (Sumner).

Theft. 5100 block Baltan Road (Sumner).

Theft. 5100 block Baltan Road (Sumner).

Theft. 6000 block Corewood Lane (Summer).

December 10

Burglary. 4900 block Fairmont Avenue.

Vehicle burglary. 7000 block Clarendon Road.

Theft. 4800 block Scarsdale Road (Sumner neighborhood, Massachusetts Avenue corridor).

Theft. 5100 block Nicholson Lane (White Flint area).

Theft. Montgomery Mall.

Drug arrest. 5900 block Montrose Parkway (White Flint area).

December 11

Vehicle burglary. 4600 block Morgan Drive.
Theft. 10900 block Brewer House Road.

Theft. 11300 block Rockville Pike (White Flint area).

Theft. 11300 block Woodglen Drive (White Flint area).

Theft. Montgomery Mall.

Theft. Macy's at Montgomery Mall.

ASSAULT AT WESTLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL, ANOTHER STOLEN CAR IN BETHESDA - BETHESDA CRIME UPDATE

A second car was stolen in Bethesda Thursday, April 18, according to crime data.

One vehicle was stolen in Pooks Hill, as I reported yesterday. The second was taken from the 5200 block of Nahant Street, in the Sumner neighborhood off Massachusetts Avenue.

Also on Thursday, a second non-auto theft was reported in the 5100 block of Marlyn Drive, a short distance from the stolen car incident in the same neighborhood.

An unusually-busy day of crime along Massachusetts Avenue was capped off by an assault at Westland Middle School, also reported on Thursday.