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Businesses Burglarized Before High-Speed Multi-Highway Pursuit In Maryland: Police

A series of commercial burglaries in Pasadena sparked a high-speed police pursuit early on Monday morning, ending with the arrest of one suspect and the recovery of a stolen handgun, authorities said.

One was arrested and two got away on Monday.

One was arrested and two got away on Monday.

Photo Credit: Anne Arundel County Police

District resident Kendall Demarius Walton, 26, was taken into, and two other suspects were able to get away following an investigation into a reported burglary that led to led them to discover several other similar instances.

Seven businesses were targeted in the spree, according to Anne Arundel County Police:

  • King’s Cleaners – 8101 Jumpers Hole Road;
  • Beauty Nails – 8103 Jumpers Hole Road;
  • Pizza Hut – 8149C Ritchie Hwy.;
  • Turners Liquors – 8052 Ritchie Hwy.;
  • Pasadena Wine and Spirits – 354 Mountain Road;
  • Subway – 801 Landmark Drive;
  • EZ Quick Food Market – 231 Mountain Road.

The crimes unfolded around 1:30 a.m. on Dec.19, when officers responding to a burglary at King’s Cleaners found another neighboring business broken into, police said. 

Surveillance footage from the Pasadena Crossroads Shopping Center revealed a black Dodge Charger with black wheels at the scene, prompting officers to issue a BOLO that resulted in the pursuit.

Shortly after, an officer spotted a matching vehicle on Quarterfield Road near Parke West Drive in Glen Burnie, investigators said, though when officers attempted to stop the Charger, the driver sped off, initiating a pursuit that stretched across multiple highways, including I-97, MD 100, and Route 295, police said.

The chase ended in Prince George’s County when the suspect’s vehicle became disabled near Powder Mill Road. 

Three suspects fled the vehicle on foot, but after a brief chase, officers apprehended Walton. Two others got away.

Police discovered the Dodge Charger was stolen, with plates from another stolen vehicle, officials said, and inside the car, officers recovered a stolen .45 caliber Glock model 21 handgun. 

Walton, prohibited from possessing firearms, now faces multiple charges, police said.

Eastern District detectives are now investigating the incident. 

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