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Crime Solvers of Montgomery County
(800) 673-2777

RECENT CRIME SUMMARY

January 24, 2005

ARMED ROBBERY 

          -On 01-19-05, at 4:30 p.m., a 28-year-old Silver Spring woman was walking in the 7100 block of Wisconsin Ave. in Bethesda when she was approached by two suspects. Suspect #1(B/M, 30, 6’0”, black pants, jacket and ski hat with Nike logo, black gloves) grabbed the victim from behind and held a knife to her neck while suspect #2 (B/M, 25, 5’5”, blue jeans, dark jacket, black ski hat, with Nike logo, black gloves) grabbed the victim’s purse.  The suspects then fled on foot southbound on Wisconsin Avenue. 

            -On 01-20-05, at 10:15 p.m., a 64-year-old employee of Rite Aid on Westbard Ave. in Bethesda was walking to her car when a suspect approached her. The suspect (B/M, 20s, 5’7”, 150 lbs., red hooded jacket, jeans, white nose/mouth mask) displayed a gun and demanded her purse. The victim dropped her purse and lunch bag. The suspect then picked up the purse and fled the scene. 

            -On 01-22-05, at 6:28 p.m., a 61-year-old Rockville man and his wife were walking in the rear parking lot of the Mid Pike Plaza on Rockville Pike when two suspects approached them. Suspect #2 (Hispanic/M, 20-25, 5’9”, athletic build, dark skinned, black coat, blue jeans) grabbed his wife’s purse and Suspect #1 (Hispanic/M, 20-25, 5’8”, puffy coat, dark pants, black ski cap) kicked his wife several times. The husband tried to come to her aid but slipped on the ice and was cut by one of the suspects wielding an unknown object. The suspects fled on foot towards Montrose Road. The suspects obtained the husband’s black leather bag during the assault. The wife’s purse was recovered. 

            -On 01-20-05, at 6:30 a.m., a 40-year-old Silver Spring woman was waiting for a bus on Spring St. between 16^th St. and 2^nd Ave. when the suspect (B/M, 6’0”, 160 lbs., blue hooded sweatshirt, dark khaki pants, light tan Timberland boots) displayed a handgun and demanded her property.  The victim handed over her purse and the suspect ran in the direction of 2^nd Avenue. 

            -On 01-17-05, at 8:13 p.m., the Family Market, located at 420 Lincoln St. in Rockville was robbed. A lone suspect (Hispanic/M, 22-25, 5’9”, 160 lbs., heavy, with acne, gray hood) entered the store, grabbed the female clerk, and displayed a handgun. The suspect took cash from the register and ran out the front door.

***See previously issued press release.***

RAPE 

      -On 01-23-05, a 27-year-old female from Gaithersburg reported that she had been raped on 01-18-05 at 12:20 a.m. by a known acquaintance that spent the night at her residence. 

BURGLARY ARREST 

            -On 01-16-05, Kris Alexander Frenz, 21, of the 9000 block of Manchester Rd. in Silver Spring was arrested and charged with Fourth-degree Burglary, Malicious Destruction of Property over $500, Failure to Obey a Reasonable and Lawful Order of a Police Officer and Resisting Arrest.  The arrest was the result of an incident that occurred in the 500 block of Schuler Road in the Highland View community of Silver Spring.

BURGLARY

2^ND DISTRICT

COMMERCIAL

            -MASTERKEY RESOURCES, 4915 St. Elmo Ave., Suite 504 in Bethesda, between 7:30 p.m. on 01-17-05 and 7:20 a.m. on 01-18-05.  Attempt only.

            -IRON GATE PARTNERS, 7272 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 300 in Bethesda, between 7:00 p.m. on 01-12-05 and 9:00 a.m. on 01-13-05.  Unknown point of entry, property taken.

3^rd DISTRICT 

RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY 

            -1700 block of Tilden Drive in the Forest Glen community of Silver Spring, between 9:00 a.m. and 9:50 p.m. on 01-20-05.  Forced entry, property taken.

5TH DISTRICT 

COMMERCIAL BURGLARY 

            -KADRON CORPORATION, 19600 Walter Johnson Road in Germantown, between 4:15 p.m. on 01-10-05 and 7:00 a.m. on 01-11-05.  Attempt only. 

6^TH DISTRICT 

COMMERCIAL BURGLARY 

            -EZ SELF STORAGE ZONE, 8001 Snouffer School Road in Gaithersburg, between an unknown time on 10-15-04 and 6:21 p.m. on 01-13-05.  Forced entry, property taken. 

RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY 

            -Unit block of Maplewood Court in Gaithersburg, between 12:00 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. on 01-18-05.  Forced entry, nothing taken.