$10K Reward Offered For Tips In Germantown BB Gun Shootings

GERMANTOWN, MD — A $10,000 reward is being offered to help catch the vandals shooting BB guns at Germantown businesses and Ride On buses, police say. Montgomery County Police say about 20 cases of vandalism have been reported since late September.

The suspects used a BB gun to shoot at the windows of these businesses and Ride On buses:

• Overnight hours of September 26 into September 27: Mattress Warehouse, 12619 Wisteria Drive.

• October 3: Dairy Queen, 12603 Wisteria Drive.

• October 6: Subway restaurant, 12601 Wisteria Drive; Dairy Queen, 12603 Wisteria Drive; Taco Bell, 19923 Century Boulevard; Avail Vapor, 19706 Germantown Road.

• Overnight hours of October 6 into October 7: Mattress Warehouse, 12619 Wisteria Drive.

• October 15: Pizza Hut, 19790 Crystal Rock Drive.

• October 17: Subway restaurant, 12601 Wisteria Drive; Fitzgerald Germantown (car dealership), 19501 Amaranth Drive.

• October 20: Taco Bell, 19923 Century Boulevard; Dairy Queen, 12603 Wisteria Drive; Avail Vapor, 19706 Germantown Road; and two MCDOT Ride On buses, one while it was stopped at the intersection of Great Seneca Highway and Middlebrook Road and the other while it was stopped at the intersection of Great Seneca Highway and Richter Farm Road.

• October 27: An occupied MCDOT Ride On bus while it was stopped at the intersection of Germantown Road (Route 118) and Goldenrod Lane; Dunkin’ Donuts, 19781 Frederick Road; Subway restaurant, 12601 Wisteria Drive; Avail Vapor, 19706 Germantown Road; Taco Bell, 19923 Century Boulevard; and Bonchon Chicken restaurant, 19755 Frederick Road.

• November 8: An occupied MCDOT Ride On bus while it was stopped at the intersection of Wisteria Drive and Winterspoon Lane.

Anyone with information about the incidents or the identity of the suspect(s) is asked to call police at 240-773-6261. To make an anonymous tip call Crime Solvers of Montgomery County toll-free at 1-866-411-TIPS (8477). Crime Solvers will pay a cash reward of up to $10,000 for information provided to them that leads to an arrest in this crime.

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