Curfew wouldn't have prevented Germantown flash mob, says councilman

The events being cited as the reason why Montgomery County needs a curfew would not have been prevented by the proposed legislation, according to County Councilman Phil Andrews.

Andrews, D-Gaithersburg and chairman of the council’s Public Safety Committee, said at a committee meeting Thursday that neither the gathering of 70 youth in Silver Spring over July 4 weekend that led to a stabbing nor the recent flash mob robbery of a 7-Eleven in Germantown would have been prevented under the curfew law proposed by County Executive Ike Leggett.