Thursday, February 7, 2013
Small fires set Wednesday near Croydon Park are not new for the neighborhood.
Newspapers and phone books left in front of homes appear to have provided the fuel for two small fires set in East Rockville late Wednesday night. “It seems the ‘fire bug’ that plagued our neighborhood last summer and fall is back again,” read a post on the East Rockville Civic Association blog on Thursday. “Last night (2/6) two small fires were set in the exact same area as before.” One was on the corner of Grandin Avenue and Reading Terrace, the post said. The other was in the 300 block of Highland Avenue leading into Croydon Park. “Both occurred late in the evening and again the fuel was weekly Gazette newspapers left out and recently distributed phone books also left out in yards and driveways,” the post said. Rockville city police Maj…
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Friday, December 7, 2012
The Department of Juvenile Services is handling the case involving four juveniles, fire officials said.
An arson fire that destroyed playground equipment at Rockville Civic Center Park on Thanksgiving eve caused an estimated $160,000 in damage, county fire investigators said Thursday. Fire officials for the first time provided details of the arrest of four teenagers whom law enforcement officials say are responsible for the fire. Rockville Patch first reported the incident Tuesday. Temporary fencing and the remains of police tape surrounded the melted and charred remains of the playground equipment Thursday afternoon. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue personnel responded shortly after 8 p.m. Nov. 21 to the playgroud on the Civic Center grounds at 603 Edmonston Drive, the fire and rescue service said in a news release. The playground was …
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Police chief: The suspects ranged in age from 14 to 16.
Fire officials are expected to release details Wednesday of an investigation into a fire that consumed the playground at Rockville Civic Center Park on Nov. 21. “The entire playground was destroyed by fire/arson,” Rockville city police Chief Terrance N. Treschuk said in an email. The incident occurred in the evening hours of Thanksgiving eve. Four suspects—ages 14 through 16—were located by city police officers that same evening, Treschuk said. The juveniles admitted to starting the fire and were turned over to the Montgomery County fire marshal's office for the filing of charges, he said. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue will have more details on the incident Wednesday, said Assistant Chief Scott Graham, a fire and rescue service …
Friday, December 3, 2010
An 18-year-old and a juvenile were charged Friday in connection with Twinbrook fires
Montgomery County fire and explosive investigators arrested and charged an adult and a juvenile in connection with an arson spree involving numerous vehicles in Twinbrook early Friday morning. Investigators assisted Rockville City Police on the scene of an auto fire in the 1500-block of Crawford Drive at 1:45 a.m. While on the scene they discovered a vandalized vehicle in the vicinity. As investigators collected evidence, they received a call for another vehicle fire several blocks away. Upon responding to the second fire, investigators found two individuals who were questioned and arrested. Jonathan Argueta,18, of Rockville, was charged with three counts of arson 2nd degree, malicious burning, burning a trash container and hindering an …
Brigitta Mullican
7:21 pm on Friday, December 7, 2012
If there are no consequences to this kind of act, this will happen again. Payment and punishment is in order. It is so sad. more ›