A thief used a hug as a distraction in Rockville this past Saturday afternoon, June 20, 2026. According to Montgomery County police, the suspect targeted a female victim in the 700 block of Hungerford Drive at 3:05 PM Saturday. The suspect hugged the victim, and allegedly removed several pieces of jewelry she was wearing during the embrace, before fleeing in a getaway vehicle. Police did not release a description of the suspect, or the getaway vehicle.
Is crime like this the reason Rockville town center is failing? I mean there has been much worse crime than this in vicinity of Town center.
ReplyDeleteRockville town center has been a failure since planning since nobody in the design faze thought hey what on the outside could draw people from the most traffic. Our best attempt is an office building a brick wall of a parking garage and a cvs. on the other side its not much better a grocery store.
DeletePike and rose has the little shopping center, rei, porsche on rockville pike and had things like bark social on the randolph side. old georgetown has had all the restraunts that is where sports social is now. City sports/ nike outlet that became fogo.
Down town crown is a little weirder but still at least has some thing on edge with ruth chris, and since opening teds montana but now is missing that something on the front
Thanks for explaining this, but when I go to the town center I see homeless people living at Rockville metro,windows broken out of the over pass between metro and town center, there have been shootings and fights and robberies at town center and a person was stabbed to death on walking down Hungerford drive 5 years ago.so if these incidents don't factor into the demise of the town center, im not sure what would, maybe no where to park your car is the problem 😌
Delete2 people were stabbed to death that night one by the giant and then one further down. What you are seeing is the speed running of the economic decay of the area. Yet the people inside city hall 2 blocks away have horse blinders on not seeing it in real time.
DeleteYes absolutely agree.
DeletePolice did not release a description of the suspect. By order of the Montgomery County Council.
ReplyDeleteTo be accosted by a stranger even a "hug" and robbed is pretty terrifying. People with cars will elect to go elsewhere.
ReplyDeleteElse where's first stop should be hell.
DeletePeople should go to hell because they don't like being assaulted. Okay....
DeleteMoore and van Hollen aren’t doing anything about it.
ReplyDeleteThey are, you just haven't been looking at how they are laughing hysterically at YOU!
DeleteYou are wrong, they are delivering for Marylanders:
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Why no description of the suspect??
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