ANOTHER THEFT AT BETHESDA ROW - BETHESDA CRIME UPDATE

Here's a roundup of crimes reported across Bethesda on January 23:

Theft. 4800 block Bethesda Avenue (Bethesda Row).

Theft. 4600 block N. Park Avenue (Friendship Heights).

Theft. 5200 block Tuckerman Lane (Grosvenor area).

Theft. 4600 block Strathmore Avenue (Garrett Park).

Theft. 6400 block Rock Spring Drive (Walter Johnson HS area).

Theft. 7100 block Democracy Boulevard (Westfield Montgomery Mall area).

Theft. 7100 block Democracy Boulevard (Westfield Montgomery Mall area).

THIEVES PARTY LIKE IT'S 1999 IN TWO BETHESDA NEIGHBORHOODS ON NEW YEAR'S EVE - BETHESDA CRIME UPDATE

The spike in thefts from vehicles has resumed in two Bethesda neighborhoods. On New Year's Eve, thieves hit the Westmoreland Hills community in western Bethesda, and victimized vehicle owners on both sides of Old Georgetown Road, near Grosvenor.

A robbery was reported in the vicinity of the Wildwood Shopping Center on December 31 as well, according to crime data.

Here's a roundup of crimes reported across Bethesda on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day:

December 31, 2013

Assault. Suburban Hospital (*note: assaults are often reported to police by victims seeking medical treatment at hospital emergency departments; a report does not necessarily mean that the assault took place at Suburban Hospital).

Theft. 4700 block Willard Avenue (Friendship Heights).

Disorderly conduct. 5500 block Wisconsin Avenue (Friendship Heights).

Theft. 5400 block Westbard Avenue.

Vehicle burglary. 5300 block Duvall Drive (Westmoreland Hills).

Vehicle burglary. 9300 block Wadsworth Drive (Wyngate Woods area).

Vehicle burglary. 10100 block Dickens Avenue (off Grosvenor Lane).

Vehicle burglary. 5300 block Albemarle Street (Westmoreland Hills).

Theft. 5800 block Grosvenor Lane.

Vehicle burglary. 10100 block Baldwin Court (Davis Library area).

Robbery. Old Georgetown Road and Democracy Boulevard.

Theft. Home Depot (Westfield Montgomery Mall area).

January 1, 2014

Disorderly conduct. Woodmont Avenue at Old Georgetown Road.

Disorderly conduct. Union Jack's Bethesda.

Assault. 4400 block Willard Avenue (Friendship Heights).

THEFTS IN DOWNTOWN BETHESDA, BALTAN ROAD HIT AGAIN IN SUMNER CRIME SPIKE - BETHESDA CRIME UPDATE

Three thefts were reported in close proximity in downtown Bethesda on Monday,  according to crime data. Thieves also struck at the Chevy Chase Club on Connecticut Avenue, and returned yet again to beleaguered Baltan Road in Sumner. The latter street has been victimized again and again by one or more thieves in recent weeks.

Here's a roundup of crimes reported across Bethesda on December 23:

Theft. 7600 block Old Georgetown Road (downtown Bethesda).

Theft. 7700 block Woodmont Avenue.

Theft. 7200 block Woodmont Avenue.

Vehicle burglary. 4600 block Leland Street (downtown Bethesda).

Theft. Chevy Chase Club.

Theft. 5000 block Baltan Road (Sumner).

THEFT SPREE CONTINUES IN WEST BETHESDA, ASSAULT AT BETHESDA COUNTRY CLUB, DRUG ARREST IN GROSVENOR - BETHESDA CRIME UPDATE

The theft spree continues in western Bethesda, with thieves returning to Sumner and Green Acres, and hitting new targets, like Kenwood and Somerset.

A separate wave of vehicle break-ins occurred on December 18 in White Flint, according to crime data. An assault was reported at Bethesda Country Club on Bradley Boulevard the same day, as well as a drug arrest in Grosvenor.

Here is a list of crimes reported across Bethesda on December 18 and 19:

December 18

Assault. Bethesda Country Club.

Theft. 7700 block Wisconsin Avenue (downtown Bethesda).

Theft. Bethesda Metro Center 1.

Theft. 4900 block Hampden Lane.

Burglary. 5300 block McKinley Street (NIH area).

Theft. 5200 block Chamberlin Avenue (Kenwood).

Theft. 5800 block Warwick Place (Somerset).

Burglary. 5100 block Dorset Avenue (Kenwood).

Theft. 4400 block Willard Avenue (Friendship Heights).

Theft. 5300 block Western Avenue (Mazza Gallerie area).

Vehicle burglary. 8900 block Ewing Drive (Bradley Hills area).

Theft. 4800 block Bayard Boulevard (Green Acres).

Drug arrest. 10400 block Grosvenor Place.

Vehicle burglary. 11300 block Orleans Way (White Flint).

Theft. 6100 block Tuckerman Lane (Tilden area).

Vehicle burglary. Orleans Terrace (White Flint).

Theft. 11300 block Woodglen Drive (White Flint).

Vehicle burglary. 11600 block Nebel Street (White Flint).

Theft. 11500 block Rockville Pike (White Flint).

Theft. 7100 block Democracy Boulevard (Westfield Montgomery Mall area).

Theft. 7100 block Westlake Terrace (Westfield Montgomery Mall area).

December 19

Theft. 7400 block Wisconsin Avenue (downtown Bethesda).

Theft. 8000 block Wisconsin Avenue (downtown Bethesda).

Vehicle burglary. 4800 block Cordell Avenue.

Theft. 4900 block Auburn Avenue (downtown Bethesda).

Drug arrest. MD 355 at Cedar Lane.

Vehicle burglary. 5200 block Elsmere Avenue (Cedar Lane area).

Vehicle burglary. 4700 block Merivale Road (Green Acres vicinity, River Road corridor).

Vehicle burglary. 6000 block Roosevelt Street (Bradmoor).

Theft. 5100 block Westpath Way (Sumner).

Theft. Ericsson Road (Cabin John/Glen Echo area).

Vehicle theft. 11400 block Rockville Pike (White Flint).

Theft. 10400 block Auto Park Avenue (Westfield Montgomery Mall area).

THEFTS CONTINUE IN BETHESDA NEIGHBORHOODS NEAR MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE - BETHESDA CRIME UPDATE

Three more thefts were reported in neighborhoods along Massachusetts Avenue in Bethesda on December 17. One was in Sumner on Baltan Road, which has already been hit in this crime spike. The second and third were in the Green Acres/Glen Cove area. Since my last crime update, another theft was also reported not far from Baltan, in the 5100 block of Westpath Way.

If you live in the area, make sure your car and home doors are locked, and that all valuables are removed from the vehicle cabin.

Here is a roundup of crimes reported across Bethesda on December 17:

Vehicle burglary. 5000 block Earlston Drive (Glen Cove area, Massachusetts Ave. corridor).

Theft. 5100 block Baltan Road (Sumner).

Vehicle burglary. 4900 block Bayard Boulevard (Green Acres).

Arrest for weapons offense. 4400 block East-West Highway.

Burglary. 4600 block Norwood Road (Chevy Chase along Green Mile).

Theft. 6900 block Maple Avenue (Chevy Chase, just outside downtown Bethesda).

Vehicle burglary. 5800 block Plainview Road (Whitman HS area).

Theft. 4900 block Strathmore Avenue.

Vehicle burglary. 11100 block Rokeby Avenue/4700 Argyle Avenue (Garrett Park area).

Theft. 11300 block Rockville Pike (White Flint).

Vehicle burglary. 11400 block Commonwealth Drive (Tilden area).

Theft. Westfield Montgomery Mall.

Theft. Home Depot, 7111 Westlake Terrace.

DRUG ARREST AT BCC HS, THIEVES RETURN TO MASS. AVE AREA OF BETHESDA - CRIME UPDATE

Thieves are back at it in neighborhoods along Massachusetts Avenue in Bethesda. A theft was reported December 12 on Lamar Road, in the Springfield neighborhood, and on streets previously hit days before, including Osceola and Baltan Roads.

A narcotics arrest was reported at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School that same day. Also according to crime data, a burglary and vehicle burglary occurred on Huntover Drive, off Old Georgetown Road.

Here is a roundup of crimes reported on December 12 around Bethesda:

Theft. 5600 block Lamar Road.

Theft. 6000 block Osceola Road (not far from Lamar, but in the Wood Acres subdivision).

Theft. 5100 block Baltan Road (Sumner neighborhood).

Burglary. 7900 block Norfolk Avenue.

Vehicle burglary. 5100 block Bradley Boulevard.

Theft. Whole Foods (River Road store).

Drug arrest. I-270 at Old Georgetown Road exit.

Vehicle burglary. 5900 block Empire Way (Old Georgetown Road corridor).

Burglary. 11000 block Huntover Drive (near Tuckerman Lane, Old Georgetown Road).

Vehicle burglary. 11300 Huntover Drive.

Liquor arrest. Rockville Pike at Nicholson Lane (White Flint).