Montgomery County police responded to two robbery reports seven minutes apart in downtown Bethesda Saturday, March 8, 2025. The first robbery was reported at a tobacco shop in the 7800 block of Old Georgetown Road at 5:07 PM Saturday. After leaving the store, the juvenile suspects apparently rounded the corner onto the 4900 block of St. Elmo Avenue. According to @DCNewsLive on X, one of the juveniles allegedly then stole a chain from a person on that block. Police received a call about that at 5:14 PM, and were able to arrest several juveniles attempting to flee at the Bethesda Metro station.
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Oh wow, hey --another smoke shop robbery. Knock me over with a feather. Robert, is there any chance you have a tally of how many crimes have occurred in these places? They seem to be involved in nearly as many police reports of thefts/robberies/assaults at Montgomery Mall, which seems disproportionate, inasmuch as the mall hosts many times as many vendors and has hundreds (thousands?) of customers compared these relative holes in the wall.
" attempting to flee at the Bethesda Metro station." Good thing our resident know-it-alls assure us that criminals will not use the soon-to-be-completed - in-2035 Purple for their getaways.
I'm glad that the police were on the scene to arrest these scum! Especially since they're juveniles, they must be taught a lesson and locked away so that they learn early that this behavior is not tolerated in this country. Punishment must be quick, public, and severe to be effective. Policing will teach juvenile thieves and their friends to stay away from Bethesda
And when in our history have our teens simply ignored the signal at crosswalks? BCC students, coming back to campus from eating out in downtown Bethesda, absolutely and completely ignore the signal at crosswalks. It's pretty simple. There's a stop icon meaning don't go and a walk icon meaning safe to go. Just incredible how cavalier they walk and prevent traffic from moving. And yes, that kind of carelessness is related to these crimes. They do what they want anytime, anywhere. Unbelievable.
Wishful thinking that there will be any meaningful punishment with the catch & release crowd in Rockville & Annapolis. At least they'll have mug shots, (private because the precious little ones can't be exposed), for the next time they get arrested.
"Punishment must be quick, public, and severe to be effective."
Who said it better, @8:23 or Torquemada?
Fantastic when someone is dumb enough to run into the most heavily monitored point in Bethesda after committing a crime. Fish in a barrel.
I'm really, really tired of tempting or having or to comment on these all to frequent happenings anymore so I will be like an airport and announce my departure...
Saw one running around that time, now I know why.
We will be reseeing those boys again.
What happens when liberals rule everything in MD? This is what democrats in Washington state have proposed:
Senate Bill 5266-S2 modifies the state’s approach to juvenile sentencing and early release eligibility. Individuals convicted of crimes committed before their 18th birthday can petition the Indeterminate Sentence Review Board (ISRB) for early release upon reaching the age of 24, provided they meet specific criteria. Those convicted of three or more murder offenses must serve at least 20 years before petitioning.
https://mynorthwest.com/ktth/ktth-opinion/free-rent-early-release-murderers/4059205
They do draw the line at 3 murders...
Get real. They will be released to their parents.
Catch & Release Mob would be more descriptive
So criminals in College Park are currently avoiding Bethesda because taking the Metro would involve a transfer at Gallery Place, but will target Bethesda once they have a single-line option using the Purple line?
Was it the color that matters or not?
HOLY COW!! Jaywalking teenagers?!?!?! That really is, as JAC so trenchantly puts it, "Unbelievable." Ka-ray-zee.
9:34 - A juvenile reply from, very likely, one of the derelict juvenille's who carelessly thumbs their nose at basic traffic rules even a monkey knows to follow. Think that's a minor thing? It isn't.
Ahhhh, the ol' 3 murder rule... In HoCo that trifling thug who murdered 2 people while wearing an ankle monitor has plenty of room to spare!!
Hey, those of you on here using scanners , I just started using Broadcastify© and the chatter doesn't seem to coincide with the hellscape D2 MoCo popo has become. Is everything getting through or are the coms encrypted. I've been listening non-stop since 1:00 am this morning and it seemed like South Dakota.
Most radio traffic is digitally encrypted I think. Very few PDs aren't anymore. I use 'scanner radio' which I think uses Broadcastify.
To be exact: Forty Lashes with a Wet Noodle!
@3:33 -- Broadcastify has mixed results. If you are hearing nothing at all, the feed may well be down. The system relies on volunteers hooking up to Broadcastify with their scanners or their computer scanning software, and those radios and computer programs sometimes get stuck or go down. If nobody is there on-scene, actively overseeing their systems, those radio feeds will go silent until the volunteer broadcaster/uploader discovers and fixes the problem.
Special MCPD units like SAT --the plain-clothes Special Assignment Team-- internal affairs, SRT --i.e. SWAT-- and the like are encrypted 24/7. However, regular patrol dispatch and comms are in the clear.
Shorter JAC: "You kids get off my lawn!"
Never exceed the speed limit? Never stay in the left lane? Always come to a full and complete stop at every stop sign? Always move over for vehicles on the shoulder? Impressive!
Let him who is without sin among you cast the first stone.
By the way, JAC, thanks for the entirely predictable, knee-jerk ad hominem attack on me, which, I regret to report, is more than four decades wrong on the age and 100-percent wrong on the lawlessness accusation --nary a single ticket or warning since 1983. In this age filled with so much uncertainty, it's reassuring to know some people live up to my expectations of them.
So, out of control, rude, foul -mouthed teens, who have zero regard for neither manners nor the rules, are not a concern? Got it.
6:59 - By the way, the comments here are all anonymous. So any "attack" is a non-attack if that makes sense.
@3:33 -- If you are concerned you are not hearing constant radio chatter, a la the background noise some [NY-based] TV police shows might have led you to believe was standard, you can relax. Bethesda doesn't have such. There are absolutely periods of silence between dispatching accidents, noisy neighbor/dog calls, parking complaints, and the occasional code-3, lights-&-siren burglary in progress/carjacking/holdup alarm, etc Those sorts of emergency calls are a tiny fraction of any shift's responses. You aren't missing them, they just aren't happening that frequently. Most of the stuff you'll hear is mundane, routine stuff. Additionally, crimes that *would* be responded to code-3 if they were in progress, but which are reported to police as having happened earlier --like someone waiting until they get home to report an assault, or a car discovered to have been stolen while owners slept-- get a routine, not emergency, response, which isn't as exciting and doesn't require as many officers to key up on the radio.
Thanks.
This all a ruse in order to increase funding for MCPS.
Not to worry. The newly expanded drone surveillance grand scheme will be used to track, localize, identify and neutralize a targeted offender.
Thanks.
Are not most 'tac' channels trunked and digitally encrypted?
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