A Boy Was Jumped and Robbed by a Group of Kids at Bethesda Mall tonight 4/7

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Anonymous wrote:Rich kids think this stuff is funny, my money is on Mater Dei graduates.

Bethesda is full of grifters, drug addicts, pan handlers, the homeless and people bused in from other areas to fill low income housing. We went to the McDonald's on the pike recently and I was shocked by the homeless people in front of the 7-11 and the drug addicts spitting over and over in front of the McD's door while waiting to ask for food of each person who went in or out. It was like stopping to pick up food on NY Ave before heading to the beach. Actually that's probably better now.

The McDonald's on the what? There's a McDonald's on Rockville Pike, but it's not in Bethesda, and there's also no 7-11. There are two McDonald's in Bethesda: one on River Road, which is not "the pike", and again, there's no 7-11 (it's next to Talbert's); the other in the Montgomery Mall food court (no "pike", no 7-11). There's a McDonald's on New Hampshire Avenue in White Oak, which is near (though not on) Columbia Pike, and there's a 7-11 across the road and down a ways.

Also, how do you "bus in" people to the housing that they live in?

The McD's on the pike is "north bethesda" -- near where Old Georgetown Rd hits the pike. There is a 7-11 right next to it. Like it or not, my post is accurate. Instead of nitpicking stupid irrelevant facts, how about addressing the issue -- drug addicts and homeless beggars are now standing sentinel outside the door of a suburban McDonalds hitting up everyone who walks in or out, and spitting on the sidewalk over and over when the door is closed, so we have to walk over their spit to get food. It's gross. Fact.

But they have always been there.

There was guy who wore shorty shirts who basically live out of the Bally’s for year.

Are you new to Montgomery Coubty?

I was born and grew up in Montgomery County. No, they have not always been there.

PP again. I actually know that guy. He's wealthy and lived out of his car, showering at they gym because he thought it was a cool thing to do. Not the same.

Yea they have always been there. I work with homeless and that’s some crazy urban legend you made up in your head.

People have always lived in the woods near the tracks on Montrose and panhandle on Rockville Pike right there.

Most have disabilities/social security /VA but no millionaires

LOL bullshit. Gaslighting people into believing this area has always been a crime-riddled, homeless-living, panhandling area is just plain bullshit. It's changed.

Yes, it's true, it's not 1975 in Montgomery County anymore. Or anywhere else.

It’s not 2006 either.

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Anonymous wrote:Rich kids think this stuff is funny, my money is on Mater Dei graduates.

Bethesda is full of grifters, drug addicts, pan handlers, the homeless and people bused in from other areas to fill low income housing. We went to the McDonald's on the pike recently and I was shocked by the homeless people in front of the 7-11 and the drug addicts spitting over and over in front of the McD's door while waiting to ask for food of each person who went in or out. It was like stopping to pick up food on NY Ave before heading to the beach. Actually that's probably better now.

The McDonald's on the what? There's a McDonald's on Rockville Pike, but it's not in Bethesda, and there's also no 7-11. There are two McDonald's in Bethesda: one on River Road, which is not "the pike", and again, there's no 7-11 (it's next to Talbert's); the other in the Montgomery Mall food court (no "pike", no 7-11). There's a McDonald's on New Hampshire Avenue in White Oak, which is near (though not on) Columbia Pike, and there's a 7-11 across the road and down a ways.

Also, how do you "bus in" people to the housing that they live in?

Do you know which ones they live in?

The McD's on the pike is "north bethesda" -- near where Old Georgetown Rd hits the pike. There is a 7-11 right next to it. Like it or not, my post is accurate. Instead of nitpicking stupid irrelevant facts, how about addressing the issue -- drug addicts and homeless beggars are now standing sentinel outside the door of a suburban McDonalds hitting up everyone who walks in or out, and spitting on the sidewalk over and over when the door is closed, so we have to walk over their spit to get food. It's gross. Fact.

If that’s going on it’s only people the White Flint Metro stop is right there and there is an HOC property nearby. The two regular downtown Bethesda panhandlers live in HOC properties as well.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Rich kids think this stuff is funny, my money is on Mater Dei graduates.

Bethesda is full of grifters, drug addicts, pan handlers, the homeless and people bused in from other areas to fill low income housing. We went to the McDonald's on the pike recently and I was shocked by the homeless people in front of the 7-11 and the drug addicts spitting over and over in front of the McD's door while waiting to ask for food of each person who went in or out. It was like stopping to pick up food on NY Ave before heading to the beach. Actually that's probably better now.

I have friends that graduated from W schools who are addicts.

Homeless and drug addicts are not new and blaming them on “housing” policy is laughable.

Stop giving your kids credit cards and no limits on spending . Stop going yo Europe thinking your teens are mature enough to be home alone. Stop spending your summer at the cape / Bethany and think it’s okay to leave your teens.

I have one friend who is a police officer and another who is very high up in MCPS central office. Both have said the amount of drugs and crime in and around the W schools is astounding and everyone is oblivious to it. The amount of vaping is very high at those schools as well. They have both said parents are clueless as to the extent of the drinking, drugs, theft, bullying, etc.

Yes, and parents don’t want to know. When my kid was caught vaping, I called his two best friends’ mothers.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The PP who claimed there has been an uptick is correct.

https://moco360.media/2022/10/19/police-blotter-aggravated-assault-reported-at-westfield-montgomery-mall-in-bethesda/

http://www.rockvillenights.com/2022/08/assault-at-montgomery-mall-in-bethesda.html

http://www.rockvillenights.com/2022/07/assault-at-montgomery-mall-in-bethesda.html

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/teens-sought-after-attacking-spraying-bleach-at-woman-in-maryland-mall-police/3041349/

https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/bethesda/car-break-montgomery-county-mall-ends-with-family-targeted-home-invasion/65-bfa2ad88-1def-40ff-98fc-4cda8f9a00ef

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/suspect-caught-on-camera-trying-to-assault-women-in-westfield-wheaton-mall-police-say

Those were just some hits.

Two of those articles are for Wheaton Mall which has gotten 10X more dangerous than Montgomery Mall.

That is why I posted underneath that Oops, 2 of them were for Wheaton, Surely you saw that post. It was an error, similar names. There were more stories, re: Montgomery Mall, that was just a sample.

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Montgomery Mall is full of packs of teens of all races and income levels, many times mixed within the same groups. They get high together, hang out on the furniture in Macy’s and other stores for hours, steal stuff, and generally act rowdy and obnoxious. Just ask any salesperson and they’ll give you an earful about hating to work after school or on weekends and wondering where the hell the parents are. A lot walk over from WJ or come from other schools. Teen behavior was always kind of bad but it’s getting really bad now.

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Anonymous wrote:The PP who claimed there has been an uptick is correct.

https://moco360.media/2022/10/19/police-blotter-aggravated-assault-reported-at-westfield-montgomery-mall-in-bethesda/

http://www.rockvillenights.com/2022/08/assault-at-montgomery-mall-in-bethesda.html

http://www.rockvillenights.com/2022/07/assault-at-montgomery-mall-in-bethesda.html

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/teens-sought-after-attacking-spraying-bleach-at-woman-in-maryland-mall-police/3041349/

https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/bethesda/car-break-montgomery-county-mall-ends-with-family-targeted-home-invasion/65-bfa2ad88-1def-40ff-98fc-4cda8f9a00ef

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/suspect-caught-on-camera-trying-to-assault-women-in-westfield-wheaton-mall-police-say

Those were just some hits.

Glad we moved out of there.

Hopefully, you didn't move to Fairfax, Frederick County, or DC because there's been an uptick in crime there too, just as there has been in major cities in the U.S. These are just a few examples:

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/2023-off-to-violent-start-for-dc-with-crime-up-and-some-residents-worried/3250357/

https://www.fairfaxtimes.com/articles/fairfax_county/crime-trends-upward-across-fairfax-county/article_693b8550-b919-11ed-a48f-ffd4b18d7249.html

https://www.wfmd.com/2023/02/23/crime-goes-up-in-frederick-county/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Montgomery Mall is full of packs of teens of all races and income levels, many times mixed within the same groups. They get high together, hang out on the furniture in Macy’s and other stores for hours, steal stuff, and generally act rowdy and obnoxious. Just ask any salesperson and they’ll give you an earful about hating to work after school or on weekends and wondering where the hell the parents are. A lot walk over from WJ or come from other schools. Teen behavior was always kind of bad but it’s getting really bad now.

Montgomery Mall is the place where a lot of teenagers hang out on the weekends. Just go there on a Friday night and you'll see. One of my daughter's classmates, is literally there every Friday night and then back again all day on Saturday. She hangs out with a bunch of kids who go to different schools (Tilden, Rocky Hill, etc.). Gone are the days when kids only hang out with kids from their own school. Anyway, what do you think these kids are doing all weekend long at a mall without their parents?

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They could impose a curfew on weekends, like Columbia Mall just did.

https://mocoshow.com/blog/beyond-moco-columbia-mall-to-implement-new-curfew-policy-on-weekends/

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Montgomery Mall is full of packs of teens of all races and income levels, many times mixed within the same groups. They get high together, hang out on the furniture in Macy’s and other stores for hours, steal stuff, and generally act rowdy and obnoxious. Just ask any salesperson and they’ll give you an earful about hating to work after school or on weekends and wondering where the hell the parents are. A lot walk over from WJ or come from other schools. Teen behavior was always kind of bad but it’s getting really bad now.

Montgomery Mall is the place where a lot of teenagers hang out on the weekends. Just go there on a Friday night and you'll see. One of my daughter's classmates, is literally there every Friday night and then back again all day on Saturday. She hangs out with a bunch of kids who go to different schools (Tilden, Rocky Hill, etc.). Gone are the days when kids only hang out with kids from their own school. Anyway, what do you think these kids are doing all weekend long at a mall without their parents?

It is news that teenagers are hanging out at the mall on weekends?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Montgomery Mall is full of packs of teens of all races and income levels, many times mixed within the same groups. They get high together, hang out on the furniture in Macy’s and other stores for hours, steal stuff, and generally act rowdy and obnoxious. Just ask any salesperson and they’ll give you an earful about hating to work after school or on weekends and wondering where the hell the parents are. A lot walk over from WJ or come from other schools. Teen behavior was always kind of bad but it’s getting really bad now.

Montgomery Mall is the place where a lot of teenagers hang out on the weekends. Just go there on a Friday night and you'll see. One of my daughter's classmates, is literally there every Friday night and then back again all day on Saturday. She hangs out with a bunch of kids who go to different schools (Tilden, Rocky Hill, etc.). Gone are the days when kids only hang out with kids from their own school. Anyway, what do you think these kids are doing all weekend long at a mall without their parents?

It is news that teenagers are hanging out at the mall on weekends?

Lol… totally worse than the 80’s /s

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The PP who claimed there has been an uptick is correct.

https://moco360.media/2022/10/19/police-blotter-aggravated-assault-reported-at-westfield-montgomery-mall-in-bethesda/

http://www.rockvillenights.com/2022/08/assault-at-montgomery-mall-in-bethesda.html

http://www.rockvillenights.com/2022/07/assault-at-montgomery-mall-in-bethesda.html

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/teens-sought-after-attacking-spraying-bleach-at-woman-in-maryland-mall-police/3041349/

https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/bethesda/car-break-montgomery-county-mall-ends-with-family-targeted-home-invasion/65-bfa2ad88-1def-40ff-98fc-4cda8f9a00ef

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/suspect-caught-on-camera-trying-to-assault-women-in-westfield-wheaton-mall-police-say

Those were just some hits.

Two of those articles are for Wheaton Mall which has gotten 10X more dangerous than Montgomery Mall.

There is an uptick from pre-COVID but it’s extremely less than the 80’s

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Montgomery Mall is full of packs of teens of all races and income levels, many times mixed within the same groups. They get high together, hang out on the furniture in Macy’s and other stores for hours, steal stuff, and generally act rowdy and obnoxious. Just ask any salesperson and they’ll give you an earful about hating to work after school or on weekends and wondering where the hell the parents are. A lot walk over from WJ or come from other schools. Teen behavior was always kind of bad but it’s getting really bad now.

Montgomery Mall is the place where a lot of teenagers hang out on the weekends. Just go there on a Friday night and you'll see. One of my daughter's classmates, is literally there every Friday night and then back again all day on Saturday. She hangs out with a bunch of kids who go to different schools (Tilden, Rocky Hill, etc.). Gone are the days when kids only hang out with kids from their own school. Anyway, what do you think these kids are doing all weekend long at a mall without their parents?

Teens have always been somewhat rowdy in groups at the mall. I was kind of like that but more like showing off in front of boys. The difference is that now they don’t care how obnoxious they are in front of adults and even authority figures like security guards. And the groups are larger so maybe they figure there’s safety in numbers, and they know there won’t be any consequences.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Montgomery Mall is full of packs of teens of all races and income levels, many times mixed within the same groups. They get high together, hang out on the furniture in Macy’s and other stores for hours, steal stuff, and generally act rowdy and obnoxious. Just ask any salesperson and they’ll give you an earful about hating to work after school or on weekends and wondering where the hell the parents are. A lot walk over from WJ or come from other schools. Teen behavior was always kind of bad but it’s getting really bad now.

Montgomery Mall is the place where a lot of teenagers hang out on the weekends. Just go there on a Friday night and you'll see. One of my daughter's classmates, is literally there every Friday night and then back again all day on Saturday. She hangs out with a bunch of kids who go to different schools (Tilden, Rocky Hill, etc.). Gone are the days when kids only hang out with kids from their own school. Anyway, what do you think these kids are doing all weekend long at a mall without their parents?

Teens have always been somewhat rowdy in groups at the mall. I was kind of like that but more like showing off in front of boys. The difference is that now they don’t care how obnoxious they are in front of adults and even authority figures like security guards. And the groups are larger so maybe they figure there’s safety in numbers, and they know there won’t be any consequences.

I was one of those teens back in the day too, but the difference is that there are kids that spend their entire weekends at the mall. Friday night and then back again all day and night on Saturday. These are kids who have nothing else to do obviously.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I can't believe I have to explain this here but Montgomery Mall, just like any other establishment in the DMV area, is not in a bubble that can't be accessed by the "bad" people. Anywhere can be reached with a car, bus, or metro. If you want a guarantee that nothing bad will happen to your kids, then tell them to stay home and play Roblox all day.

Grew up in Bethesda. No one "accessed" Bethesda by bus or metro or car to commit crimes then. Things have changed. To pretend otherwise is craziness. People move to areas so they can feel comfortable their kids won't be jumped. They don't want them to be inside playing roblox all day. They want a safe community where kids can be on their own, safely. That used to be the case in Bethesda. Now it's not. Buses and metro and car access is not what's changed.

Also grew up in Bethesda and remember that mall being a dump with a Woolworths.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Montgomery Mall is full of packs of teens of all races and income levels, many times mixed within the same groups. They get high together, hang out on the furniture in Macy’s and other stores for hours, steal stuff, and generally act rowdy and obnoxious. Just ask any salesperson and they’ll give you an earful about hating to work after school or on weekends and wondering where the hell the parents are. A lot walk over from WJ or come from other schools. Teen behavior was always kind of bad but it’s getting really bad now.

Packs of teens! Acting rowdy and obnoxious! At a mall!