ROBBERY REPORTED AT SUBURBAN HOSPITAL ON THANKSGIVING - BETHESDA CRIME UPDATE

Here's a roundup of crimes reported across Bethesda on November 27, according to crime data:

Liquor arrest. Union Jack's Bethesda.

Theft. 4700 block Bethesda Avenue.

Robbery. Suburban Hospital.

Burglary. 8000 block Glendale Road (Chevy Chase).

Burglary. 5800 block Magic Mountain Drive.

2 LIQUOR ARRESTS ON ST. ELMO AVE. + PLUS MORE - BETHESDA CRIME UPDATE

Here's a roundup of crimes reported across Bethesda on November 26, according to crime data:

Disorderly conduct. 4900 block St. Elmo Avenue.

Liquor arrest. 4900 block St. Elmo Avenue.

Liquor arrest. St. Elmo Avenue at Old Georgetown Road.

Theft. 4500 block Montgomery Avenue.

Theft. 5500 block Wisconsin Avenue.

Burglary. 5400 block Wisconsin Avenue.

Vehicle burglary. 3500 block Hamlet Place.

Theft. 5100 block Nicholson Lane.

BETHESDA CRIME UPDATE

Here's a roundup of crimes reported around Bethesda on November 25, according to crime data:

Drug arrest. Bradley Boulevard at Offutt Lane.

Theft. 4300 block Montgomery Avenue.

Theft. 4600 block N. Park Avenue.

Theft. 5500 block Montgomery Street (Chevy Chase Village).

Theft. 4400 block S. Park Avenue.

Vehicle burglary. 5400 block Massachusetts Avenue.

Burglary. 4700 block Waverly Avenue (Garrett Park).

POLICE HOLIDAY TASK FORCE ARRESTS 24 FOR DUI IN THANKSGIVING EVE OPERATION

The Montgomery County Police Holiday Task Force hauled in 24 drivers for DUI in a Thanksgiving Eve anti-drunk-driving operation. In all, police said, Task Force officers interacted with 291 citizens, and issued 253 traffic citations, 127 warnings, 32 equipment repair orders, 9 criminal violations, and 2 civil violations.

Among alcohol-related offenses were underage drinking and public urination. At least 5 of the drivers alleged to be driving under the influence Wednesday night, and early Thursday morning, were taken to the Bethesda 2nd District Police Station.

4 DRUG ARRESTS + MORE - BETHESDA CRIME UPDATE

Here's a roundup of crimes reported across Bethesda on November 20, according to crime data:

Vehicle burglary. 7400 block Arlington Road.

Vehicle burglary. 4700 block Bethesda Avenue.

Liquor arrest. 5400 block Wisconsin Avenue.

Drug arrest. 5600 block Spruce Tree Avenue.

Drug arrest. Goldsboro Road at River Road.

Drug arrest. Sangamore Road at Sentinel Drive.

Drug arrest. 6300 block Bells Mill Road.

Theft. Westfield Montgomery Mall.

VEHICLE BREAK-IN ON WELBORN DRIVE IN BETHESDA

A car was broken into in the 6000 block of Welborn Drive in Wood Acres on Sunday, according to crime data.

THEFT AT WALT WHITMAN HS, SUBURBAN HOSPITAL + MORE - BETHESDA CRIME UPDATE

Here's a roundup of crimes reported across Bethesda on November 13, according to crime data:

Vehicle burglary. Old Georgetown Road at Edgemoor Lane.

Theft. Suburban Hospital.

Vehicle burglary. 5800 block Conway Road.

Theft. Walt Whitman HS.

Assault. 11600 block Nebel Street (White Flint).

Theft. 10100 block Langhorne Court.

Theft. 11800 block Old Georgetown Road.

ROBBERY ON OLD GEORGETOWN ROAD + MORE - BETHESDA CRIME UPDATE

Here's a roundup of crimes reported across Bethesda on November 12, according to crime data:

Theft. 4400 block Montgomery Avenue.

Theft. 7900 block Connecticut Avenue.

Vehicle burglary. 5400 block Tuckerman Lane.

Robbery. 10200 block Old Georgetown Road.

Vehicle burglary. Glen Echo Park.

Burglary. 11900 block Hunters Lane.

ROBBERY ON RIVER RD., WEAPON ARREST ON MASSACHUSETTS AVE. + MORE - BETHESDA CRIME UPDATE

Here's a roundup of crimes reported across Bethesda on November 7, according to crime data:

Theft. 7700 block Wisconsin Avenue.

Drug arrest. 4600 block Leland Street (east side of Wisconsin Ave.).

Theft. 7000 block Wisconsin Avenue.

Robbery. 5200 block River Road.

Burglary. 5200 block River Road.

Theft. Bloomingdale's (Friendship Heights).

Weapon arrest. 5500 block Massachusetts Avenue.

Vehicle burglary. 5600 block Grosvenor Lane.

Vehicle burglary. 6400 block Rockhurst Road.

Vehicle burglary. 9900 block Brixton Lane.

Theft. Lord and Taylor (White Flint Mall).

Theft. 5100 block Nicholson Lane.

Vehicle burglary. 7100 block Democracy Boulevard.

Vehicle burglary. 10000 block Woodhill Road.

ASSAULT ON PEARL ST. + MORE - BETHESDA CRIME UPDATE

Here's a roundup of crimes reported across Bethesda on November 6, according to crime data:

Assault. Pearl Street at Middleton Lane.

Theft. 4900 block Elm Street.

Theft. 5000 block Bradley Boulevard.

Theft. 10200 block Old Georgetown Road.

Drug arrest. 5900 block Hubbard Drive.

ASSAULT AT WHITMAN HS, BURGLARY ON RIVER RD. + MORE - BETHESDA CRIME UPDATE

Here's a roundup of crimes reported across Bethesda on November 5, according to crime data:

Vehicle burglary. 4800 block Langdrum Lane (Chevy Chase West).

Carjacking. 7800 block Hampden Lane at 6:55 PM.

Burglary. 5200 block River Road.

Burglary. Unit block of E. Irving Street (Chevy Chase Village).

Vehicle burglary. 8900 block Montgomery Avenue (North Chevy Chase).

Assault. Walt Whitman High School.

Vehicle burglary. 10100 block Grosvenor Place.

Vehicle burglary. 4500 block Tournay Road (Westmoreland Hills).

Vehicle burglary. 4800 block Cloister Drive.

Liquor arrest. 7400 block Tuckerman Lane.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF LIQUOR CONTROL EMPLOYEES ACCUSED OF STEALING BEER, RESELLING IT

NBC 4's News 4 I-Team alleges that some delivery employees for Montgomery County's Department of Liquor Control have been stealing beer meant to be delivered to county businesses. Their report also accuses some store owners of being in on the scam, which purportedly allowed County-controlled beer to be sold for private profit later by those employees. At least one County Councilmember is calling for an investigation, but hold on a minute - where was the oversight by the Council while the alleged crimes were taking place on their watch? Much like the Silver Spring Transit Center debacle, expect the Council to point fingers at everyone else but themselves, and claim they are victims just like the taxpayers. It's time the press starts asking the Council why they haven't been executing their oversight role in county government.

In the Farm Road case, where multiple Sandy Spring African-American landowners' property rights were violated, the Montgomery County Planning Board was allowed to hire a county political operative, Douglas Bregman, to investigate the scandal. This was somewhat like allowing Richard Nixon to investigate Watergate, as the Planning Department itself is under question in the Farm Road matter.

Bregman also had strong ties to development interests in the county, a conflict of interest for the Farm Road case, in which private developers were involved. Bregman's report was favorable to those who should have been investigated (surprise!), and Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler declined to answer calls to launch a state investigation of the Farm Road case. But, as I exclusively reported here, Bregman had donated $4,000 to Doug Gansler. Oops.

Only Councilmember Marc Elrich has continued to pursue the Farm Road swindle, and the local media dropped the story entirely after Bregman's "report."

County and state politicians have been treating mature adults in Montgomery County like children for years, denying us the right to even buy Bud Light at grocery stores and drug stores. Yet, if these accusations are true, their very own employees have been breaking the law themselves and getting away with it. The "beer skimming" scandal, and the transit center and Farm Road scandals, demand a federal investigation into each.

How convenient is it that we are only hearing about this sensational "beer bust" right after the county elections?

THEFT FROM VEHICLE IN GROSVENOR + MORE - BETHESDA CRIME UPDATE

Here's a roundup of crimes reported across Bethesda on November 2, according to crime data:

Theft. 9400 block Fernwood Road.

Theft. 7100 block Democracy Boulevard.

Theft from vehicle. 10300 block Grosvenor Place.

ASSAULTS AT WALTER REED, TILDEN MS + MORE - BETHESDA CRIME UPDATE

Here's a roundup of crimes reported across Bethesda on November 1, according to crime data:

Disorderly conduct. Woodmont Avenue at Norfolk Avenue.

Disorderly conduct. 4900 block St. Elmo Avenue.

Disorderly conduct. Parking Garage 40 (4935 St. Elmo Avenue).

Assault. Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.

Drug arrest. Connecticut Avenue at Jones Bridge Road.

Vehicle burglary. Lord and Taylor at White Flint Mall.

Assault. Tilden MS.

Assault. White Flint Plaza, 5100 Nicholson Lane.

Theft. 7100 block Democracy Boulevard.

Vehicle burglary. Westfield Montgomery Mall.

ROBBERY ON WESTLAKE DR., 6 CARS BROKEN INTO + MORE - BETHESDA CRIME UPDATE

Here's a roundup of crimes reported across Bethesda on October 29, according to crime data:

Vehicle burglary. 4500 block Fairfield Drive.

Vehicle burglary. 5100 block Fairglen Lane.

Vehicle burglary. 7200 block Ridgewood Avenue.

Theft. 4800 block Essex Avenue (Somerset).

Burglary. Unit block of W. Irving Street (Chevy Chase Village).

Vehicle burglary. 9700 block Bellevue Drive.

Vehicle burglary. 8800 block Walnut Hill Road.

Vehicle burglary. 10500 block Montrose Avenue.

Theft. Westfield Montgomery Mall.

Robbery. 10500 block Westlake Drive.

BURGLARY ON BATTERY LANE, DRUG ARREST ON CONN. AVE. + MORE - BETHESDA CRIME UPDATE

Here's a roundup of crimes reported across Bethesda on October 28, according to crime data:

Theft. 7500 block Old Georgetown Road.

Theft. 4800 block Bethesda Avenue.

Vehicle burglary. 4400 block East-West Highway.

Burglary. 4900 block Battery Lane.

Theft. 4400 block Walsh Street.

Drug arrest. Connecticut Avenue at Manor Road.

Theft. 4700 block Merivale Road.

Theft. 11400 block Rockville Pike (White Flint).

Theft. 5100 block Nicholson Lane.

ASSAULT ON RUGBY AVE., DRUG ARREST ON EDGEMOOR LANE + MORE - BETHESDA CRIME UPDATE

Here's a roundup of crimes reported across Bethesda on October 25, according to crime data:

Disorderly conduct. Woodmont Avenue at St. Elmo Avenue.

Drug arrest. Edgemoor Lane at Arlington Road.

Assault. Rugby Avenue at Del Ray Avenue.

Burglary. 5300 block Westbard Avenue.

Burglary. 5300 block Bangor Drive.

Liquor arrest. Unit block of Derbyshire Court.

Theft. Westfield Montgomery Mall.

Theft. Macy's at Westfield Montgomery Mall.

Burglary. 6100 block Neilwood Drive.

3 DRUG ARRESTS, 2 BURGLARIES + MORE - BETHESDA CRIME UPDATE

Here's a roundup of crimes reported across Bethesda on October 23, according to crime data:

Burglary. 4400 block Walsh Street.

Theft. 8600 block Old Georgetown Road.

Burglary. 9500 block Nowell Drive.

Drug arrest. Giant Food (Georgetown Square).

Drug arrest. 10400 block Old Georgetown Road.

Drug arrest. Old Georgetown Road at Tuckerman Lane.

Theft. 5800 block Nicholson Lane.

Theft. Westfield Montgomery Mall.

ASSAULT AT BCC HS, THEFT AT BETHESDA METRO + MORE - BETHESDA CRIME UPDATE

Here's a roundup of crimes reported across Bethesda on October 22, according to crime data:

Theft. Bethesda Metro station.

Theft. 7200 block Wisconsin Avenue.

Assault. Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School.

Vehicle burglary. 10300 block Grosvenor Place.

Theft. CVS Pharmacy (Wildwood).

Theft. 11400 block Rockville Pike (White Flint).

Burglary. 6200 block Mazwood Road (Luxmanor).

Theft. Nordstrom at Westfield Montgomery Mall.

Theft. Macy's at Westfield Montgomery Mall.

AUTO BREAK-INS IN WYNGATE/ALTA VISTA, ASSAULT IN LUXMANOR + MORE - BETHESDA CRIME UPDATE

Another rash of auto break-ins hit Bethesda on Tuesday, with 11 vehicles reported as broken into and/or with items taken. Hardest hit was the Wyngate/Alta Vista Terrace area off of Old Georgetown Road, where 7 cars were hit.

Here's a roundup of crimes reported across Bethesda on October 21, according to crime data:

Theft. 5100 block Wilson Lane.

Drug arrest. Huntington Parkway at Bradley Boulevard.

Theft. 5500 block Johnson Avenue.*

Vehicle burglary. 5800 block Johnson Court.*

Vehicle burglary. 8800 block Brierly Road.

Vehicle burglary. 5900 block Johnson Avenue.*

Vehicle burglary. 5800 block Phoenix Drive.*

Vehicle burglary. 5900 block Conway Road.*

Vehicle burglary. 5900 block Beech Avenue.*

Burglary. 6300 block Landon Lane.

Vehicle burglary. 5000 block Allan Road (Crestview).

Vehicle burglary. 6200 block Hollins Drive (Wyngate).*

Vehicle burglary. 10800 block Montrose Avenue (Parkside area).

Vehicle burglary. 7500 block Arden Road (Cabin John).

Assault. 6200 block Charnwood Drive (Luxmanor).

Theft. 11900 block Hunters Lane (Randolph Hills).

Vehicle burglary. 9000 block Seven Locks Road.