Thief steals from cars in Ayrlawn neighborhood of Bethesda

Items were stolen from at least two vehicle in the Ayrlawn neighborhood of Bethesda off Old Georgetown Road Friday evening. Both cars were parked in driveways at the time they were plundered. The first was in the 5700 block of Trafton Place; the second was in the 5500 block of Johnson Avenue. 

If you live in that area, you may want to check if anything was taken from your vehicle. Another reminder to lock car doors, and remove or hide any items visible in the vehicle cabin.

Residents petition to spare Ayrlawn Park from consideration as school site

A group of Bethesda residents have started an online petition asking Montgomery County and Montgomery County Public Schools to remove Ayrlawn Park at 5652 Oakmont Avenue from consideration as a future school site. The park is not only used by the community, but also by programs at the nearby YMCA.

This is a classic example of how our corrupt, developer-funded elected officials lower costs for those developers at residents' expense. No park of any kind should ever be under consideration as a school site. If development leads to school overcrowding, the developers clearly need to contribute more, either in impact taxes or by providing land on-site or off for new schools. Currently we don't have councilmembers ethical enough to have such clarity on the vital importance of parks - probably because each of the nine councilmembers has accepted thousands of dollars from their developer sugar daddies.

We recently heard more fake news from the County Council alleging that single-family homes and tear-down replacement SFHs are somehow escaping paying their fair share in taxes. Not true. In fact, the County's own numbers state that townhomes are now the highest-student-generating form of housing, and have been approved en masse by the same blabbermouths now seeking another tax on small business developers who specialize in tear-down redevelopment. Multi-family housing is driving school overcrowding - over half of Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School students live in apartments, as just one example.

It's no surprise that the same urban-oriented developers and their puppets on the Council would want to run the small home developers out of business and discourage redevelopment that perpetuates SFH suburban neighborhoods. Both are planning to apply multi-family zoning to those existing, successful neighborhoods as I type this. And they'll do it, unless the public wakes up and lowers the boom on them.

Cars broken into in E. Bethesda, drug bust in Merrimack Park + more - Crime update

Here's a roundup of crimes reported across Bethesda on July 10, according to crime data:

Theft. 7300 block Wisconsin Avenue.

Theft. 8100 block Wisconsin Avenue.

Theft. 7100 block Bethesda Lane.

Vehicle burglary. 8300 block Tilbury Street (Rosedale Park).

Burglary. 5000 block Bradley Boulevard at 5:38 PM.

Vehicle burglary. 4400 block Chestnut Street (Rosedale Park).

Vehicle burglary. 8600 block Lancaster Drive (Glenbrook Village).

Vehicle burglary. 4800 block Chevy Chase Boulevard (Chevy Chase West).

Vehicle burglary. 4700 block Langdrum Lane (Chevy Chase Gardens).

Vehicle burglary. 5500 block Devon Road (Bradley Hills).

Disorderly conduct. 5800 block Sonoma Road (Ayrlawn).

Stolen car. 7300 block Summit Avenue at 8:49 AM (Martin's Additions).

Drug + liquor arrest. Merrimack Park at 12:34 AM (Winston Drive).

"Other sex offense." 7300 block River Road (see story).

Theft. 11800 block Grand Park Avenue (Pike & Rose).

Auto break-ins in neighborhoods along Old Georgetown Rd., 2 drug arrests - Bethesda crime update

Here's a roundup of crimes reported across Bethesda on May 4, according to crime data:

Vehicle burglary. 4600 block East-West Highway.

Vehicle burglary. 7200 block Woodmont Avenue.

Vehicle burglary. Greentree Road at Mohawk Lane (Sonoma).

Drug arrest. East-West Highway at Curtis Street.

Vehicle burglary. 5500 block Oakmont Avenue (Oakmont).

Theft. 5300 block Western Avenue.

Vehicle burglary. 5600 block Oakmont Avenue (Alta Vista).

Theft. 5400 block Western Avenue.

Vehicle burglary. 5900 block Sonoma Road (Ayrlawn).

Drug arrest. Old Georgetown Road at I-495.

Thieves target cars in Ayrlawn area, assault in downtown Bethesda + more - Bethesda crime update

Two vehicles were broken into in the Ayrlawn neighborhood off Old Georgetown Road this past Wednesday. Several other thefts occurred in that area the previous day. If you live in that vicinity, make sure to lock your vehicle, and remove all valuables from the interior. Alert Montgomery County Police if you notice any suspicious persons or vehicles in the area.

Here's a roundup of all crimes reported across Bethesda on April 8, according to crime data:

Assault. 7500 block Old Georgetown Road.

Theft. 5600 block Wisconsin Avenue.

Vehicle burglary. 5800 block Walton Road (reported at 7:18 AM).

Vehicle burglary. 9500 block Ewing Drive (reported at 7:36 AM).

Theft. 6400 block Rockledge Drive.

Theft. 11400 block Rockville Pike (Pike District).

Drug arrest. Capital Beltway at I-270 spur.

Theft from vehicle. 5800 block Nicholson Lane (Pike District).