SILVER SPRING/WHEATON CRIME UPDATE - ST. PATRICK'S DAY EDITION

Give east county residents and visitors credit - apparently only one person was arrested on alcohol charges on St. Patrick's Day.

Here's a roundup of crimes reported across eastern Montgomery County on March 17, according to crime data:

Assault. 9800 block Georgia Avenue (the assault apparently was reported in an apartment; Forest Glen area).

Theft. Wheaton Plaza.

Drug arrest. Georgia Avenue and Veirs Mill Road.

Assault. 11100 block Georgia Avenue (Wheaton).

Liquor arrest. 8500 block Georgia Avenue (downtown Silver Spring).

Theft. 8200 block Georgia Avenue (downtown Silver Spring).

Assault/"other sexual offense." 12700 block Connecticut Avenue (Wheaton).

Vehicle burglary. 12700 block Holdridge Road (Glenmont).