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Wrong Stop: Drinking Carjackers Attempt To Steal Ride-On Metro Bus In Maryland, Police Say Wrong Stop: Drinking Carjackers Attempt To Steal Ride-On Metro Bus In Maryland, Police Say
Wrong Stop: Drinking Carjackers Attempt To Steal Ride-On Metro Bus In Maryland, Police Say Two men who didn't like where their bus was heading took matters into their own hands and tried to take it over in Maryland, police say. Early on Friday morning, Ricko Ford, of Capitol Heights, 29, and 30-year-old Gaithersburg resident Wayne Pitt allegedly sought to a Ride-On Metro Bus in Wheaton in a strange carjacking that was called in overnight. The incident was reported shortly before 12:30 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 11 in the area of Connecticut Avenue and Georgia Avenue. Investigators say that the pair were picked up at the Glenmont Metro Station in Wheaton, when they advised the bus driv…

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by Zak Failla
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Carjacking, Kidnapping, Rape: Multi-State Crime Spree Stretched Into PA, Feds Say Carjacking, Kidnapping, Rape: Multi-State Crime Spree Stretched Into PA, Feds Say
Carjacking, Kidnapping, Rape: Multi-State Crime Spree Stretched Into PA, Feds Say Four Delaware men are accused in a crime spree that stretched into Pennsylvania and allegedly included car theft, kidnapping, gunpoint robbery, and rape.  Twenty-four-year-old Tonnaire McNair-Matthews, 23-year-old David Hinson, 21-year-old Michael Caldwell, and 20-year-old Mahkiya Powell were each named in a July 13 indictment unsealed in a US District Court in Delaware this week, said the US Attorney's Office.  The spree, federal authorities say, took place on April 14 and began in Delaware. Investigators claim the four suspects were riding around in a stolen …

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Fugitive Assaults Girl, Hits Officers With Bottles Trying To Avoid Arrest In MD Fugitive Assaults Girl, Hits Officers With Bottles Trying To Avoid Arrest In MD
Fugitive Assaults Girl, Hits Officers With Bottles Trying To Avoid Arrest In MD Kenneth Tyrell Wade-Greene did not go down quietly in Charles County. Members of the Charles County Sheriff’s Office sought to track down the 33-year-old Brandywine earlier this week on multiple active warrants stemming from violent crimes throughout the region, but put up quite a fight before ultimately being apprehended. The long day for deputies began at approximately 4:15 p.m. on Tuesday, July 18. Wade-Greene was spotted in the area of Woodville Road in Brandywine driving a black pick-up truck that was towing a trailer, prompting a police pursuit. The wanted man refused to stop and …

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Video Shows High-Speed Police Pursuit, Fatal Crash In Maryland Video Shows High-Speed Police Pursuit, Fatal Crash In Maryland
Video Shows High-Speed Police Pursuit, Fatal Crash In Maryland New details have been released by investigators in Maryland as they continue to probe a fatal crash in Charles County that left a 34-year-old assault suspect dead. The Maryland Attorney General’s Office released the dashboard camera footage of the police pursuit that led to the death of Waldorf resident Dejuan Mitchell late last month when he crashed into the back of a dump truck while trying to evade members of the sheriff’s office. At approximately 2 p.m. on Thursday, June 29, members of the Charles County Sheriff’s Office were called to the 11900 block of Acton Lane in Waldorf, where th…

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by Zak Failla
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'Possible Carjacker' Killed While Fleeing From Officers In MD 'Possible Carjacker' Killed While Fleeing From Officers In MD
'Possible Carjacker' Killed While Fleeing From Officers In MD Karma came calling for a possible carjacker who was killed after assaulting a woman in Charles County and attempting to evade members of the sheriff’s office. The fateful day began at 2 p.m. on Thursday, June 29, when officers were called to a business in the 11900 in Waldorf to investigate a report of a man who was beating and choking a woman in what was described as a “random attack,” authorities say. A nearby officer on patrol responded and found the injured woman on the ground and a suspect speeding away in her car, prompting a police pursuit that led them to Mattawoman Beantown Road, w…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Steering Wheel Lock Leads to Downfall Of Would-Be DC Teen Kia Carjackers In MD Steering Wheel Lock Leads to Downfall Of Would-Be DC Teen Kia Carjackers In MD
Steering Wheel Lock Leads to Downfall Of Would-Be DC Teen Kia Carjackers In MD A steering wheel lock came to the rescue of a woman who was the victim of an attempted carjacking when four teenagers assaulted her in Prince George’s County. Four teens - ages 16, 15, 15, and 14 - from the Washington, DC area are all facing charges following an incident in Oxon Hill when they failed to carjack a woman before fleeing in a stolen vehicle, according to officials. At approximately 11:10 p.m. on Wednesday, June 21, a spokesperson for the Prince George’s County Police Department said that officers were called to the 1500 block of Iverson Street when a woman was pushed to the gro…

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by Zak Failla
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Man Pistol Whips, Woman Pepper Sprays Driver During Midday MD Carjacking Man Pistol Whips, Woman Pepper Sprays Driver During Midday MD Carjacking
Man Pistol Whips, Woman Pepper Sprays Driver During Midday MD Carjacking Police say that a real-life Bonnie and Clyde duo gave an Anne Arundel driver a double-whammy during a violent midday carjacking in Odenton. The driver of a Dodge 2500 pick-up truck was in for a long afternoon when he was approached by a man and woman at approximately 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 14 outside a business in the 1600 block of Annapolis Road. Police say that the man opened the door of the truck and struck the driver in the head with a handgun, ordering him out of the vehicle. The man and his accomplice then got into the vehicle, though as he began driving away, the victim jumped…

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by Zak Failla
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DC Carjackers Avoid Being Shot, Not Arrested While Targeting Veteran Detective In Maryland DC Carjackers Avoid Being Shot, Not Arrested While Targeting Veteran Detective In Maryland
DC Carjackers Avoid Being Shot, Not Arrested While Targeting Veteran Detective In Maryland A pair of carjackers bit off more than they could chew in Prince George’s County when they accidentally targeted a police officer who took matters into his own hands. Charles Edward Owens, 24, and a 16-year-old teen, both from Washington, DC, were arrested following a police pursuit after an officer fired shots and scared off his would-be assailants, according to the Prince George’s County Police Department. At approximately 11:45 p.m. on Monday, June 12, a detective working for the Carjacking Interdiction Unit was driving in the area of Oxon Run Drive and Anvil Lane in Temple Hills in an u…

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Carjackers Caught During Violent Week Of Crime In Prince George's County Carjackers Caught During Violent Week Of Crime In Prince George's County
Carjackers Caught During Violent Week Of Crime In Prince George's County Two teenagers are among five facing charges for a string of carjackings throughout the DMV region during a recent rash of violent robberies, according to the Prince George’s County Police Department. On Wednesday, May 31, the department announced that in the past week, investigators from the Carjacking Interdiction Unit (CIU) have busted three adults and two minors following a spate of crime in the region. On Saturday, May 20, an investigation was launched into a carjacking in the 1400 block of Southview Drive in Oxon Hill, and two days later, the stolen vehicle was spotted in the 800 block…

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by Zak Failla
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Carjacker Hits Two Police Vehicles While Fleeing From Officers Outside Library In MD: Officials Carjacker Hits Two Police Vehicles While Fleeing From Officers Outside Library In MD: Officials
Carjacker Hits Two Police Vehicles While Fleeing From Officers Outside Library In MD: Officials A carjacking suspect in Prince George's County went through extreme measures to avoid being apprehended by police on Wednesday afternoon. The Greenbelt Police Department issued an alert on Tuesday, May 30, advising that there was a carjacking outside an apartment complex in the 140 block of Westway where a man threw a woman to the ground, took her keys, and stole a Toyota RAV4.  There is a large police presence around the Greenbelt Branch Library located at 11 Crescent Rd in reference to a carjacking. Please avoid the area. — Greenbelt Police (@greenbeltpolice) May 31, 2023 It didn't t…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Woman Carjacked At Rifle Point In Coordinated Attack Involving Four Vehicles, Police Say Woman Carjacked At Rifle Point In Coordinated Attack Involving Four Vehicles, Police Say
Woman Carjacked At Rifle Point In Coordinated Attack Involving Four Vehicles, Police Say Carjackers boxed in a woman’s SUV and robbed her with a rifle as she was arriving to work in Hyattsville on Thursday morning, according to the police department. Shortly before 6 a.m. on Thursday, March 23, police say that a woman pulled into the parking lot in the 3500 block of East West Highway when four vehicles surrounded her 2016 silver Nissan Rogue, with one suspect pointed a rifle at her and pulled her from the truck during the targeted attack. The suspects then fled in the stolen vehicle west on East West Highway. The victim was unharmed. Police described the suspect as being a Bla…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Suspect Escapes Police Twice In One Day For Separate Glen Burnie Carjackings Suspect Escapes Police Twice In One Day For Separate Glen Burnie Carjackings
Suspect Escapes Police Twice In One Day For Separate Glen Burnie Carjackings A suspect is on the run after police believe he carjacked several vehicles in Glen Burnie over the weekend. The suspect, described as a Black man last seen wearing a red hooded sweatshirt and blue jeans, reportedly stole two vehicles from the Glen Burnie area on the afternoon of Saturday, March 18, according to Anne Arundel County Police officers. Officers were first called to the 100 block of Crain Highway around 1:30 p.m. after a victim reported the carjacking of a 2015 Kia sedan. Detectives say that the suspect entered the victim's car and demanded her keys as the victim was trying to g…

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by Annie DeVoe