Montgomery County police responded to a report of an armed robbery at Westfield Montgomery Mall in Bethesda early Saturday evening, April 25, 2026. The robbery was reported in a mall parking garage at 6:08 PM Saturday. According to police, a suspect wielding a knife robbed two victims of property in the garage.
Police have not released a description of the suspect. They did not indicate how the suspect managed to evade appearing on surveillance cameras in the garage.
This is the fourth armed robbery at the mall this year. All have taken place in parking areas on the property. Three were reported in garages, and one in a surface lot. This is also another of the rapidly piling up examples of a disturbing new crime trend in Montgomery County: violent crimes being perpetrated during daylight hours.
3 comments:
1. Shocker said by no one. 2. Situational awareness. 3. Carry a non-lethal Bryna.
Sure would be nice if MCPD felt the public could be allowed to hear radio calls, so we could better protect ourselves in the moment, since it seems the police are getting farther and farther removed from taking on that responsibility themselves.
To clarify, I mean taking on the responsibility of protecting us, the citizenry They seem to be doing a *fine* job of keeping themselves from harm's way, which is the excuse they gave for encrypting radio traffic to begin with: "officer safety is paramount." I'd argue citizen safety really should rank up there alongside, rather than as an also-ran, which it sure seems like it's becoming of late.
"officer privacy is paramount" how else they would they make their lunch dates.
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