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Teens To Be Tried As Adults For Armed Carjacking, Robbery In Maryland: Police Teens To Be Tried As Adults For Armed Carjacking, Robbery In Maryland: Police
Teens To Be Tried As Adults For Armed Carjacking, Robbery In Maryland: Police A group of teens pulled off an elaborate carjacking scheme and almost made off with a new Infiniti before being caught by members of the Montgomery County Department of Police. Three teens - 13, 16, and 17 - have been charged for an armed carjacking and robbery weeks after an incident that played out on Wayne Avenue in June. On Wednesday, June 21, police say that a man was driving home when he noticed a black Jeep Grand Cherokee tailing him, though when he parked, the driver blocked his Infiniti FX35 and five or six Black men wearing dark clothes and masks held him at gunpoint. According t…

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by Zak Failla
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Teen Charged With Making Anti-Semitic Calls To Jewish Outreach Center In MD During Hanukkah Teen Charged With Making Anti-Semitic Calls To Jewish Outreach Center In MD During Hanukkah
Teen Charged With Making Anti-Semitic Calls To Jewish Outreach Center In MD During Hanukkah Police say that a teenage member of the community has been identified as the suspect who made anti-Semitic phone calls to the Jewish Rockville Outreach Center at the beginning of Hanukkah last year. A 17-year-old Montgomery County teenager - whose name will not be released - is facing charges for making harassing and anti-Semitic phone calls, authorities announced on Thursday, Feb. 2. According to investigators, on Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022, members of the Montgomery County Department of Police were called to the Outreach Center in the 11300 block of Old Georgetown Road, where they were advi…

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by Zak Failla
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Teen, Two Minors Busted For Attempted Audi Carjacking Outside Maryland Grocery Store: Police Teen, Two Minors Busted For Attempted Audi Carjacking Outside Maryland Grocery Store: Police
Teen, Two Minors Busted For Attempted Audi Carjacking Outside Maryland Grocery Store: Police The owner of an Audi was able to fight off a teen and two minors who viciously beat him outside a Maryland grocery store before the trio was ultimately apprehended by police in Montgomery County, officials announced. Washington, DC resident Kaiyon Denell Porter, and two juvenile suspects are facing charges following a violent attempted carjacking that saw a Good Samaritan coming to the aid of the Audi owner, investigators say. The incident began at approximately 8:50 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 21, when Montgomery County Department of Police 3rd District officers were downtown and spotted three&nb…

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by Zak Failla
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DC Teens Busted After Bystanders Step In To Stop Attempted Carjacking DC Teens Busted After Bystanders Step In To Stop Attempted Carjacking
DC Teens Busted After Bystanders Step In To Stop Attempted Carjacking Three young teenage boys from Washington D.C. have been arrested and charged with an attempted carjacking in Rockville Town Square, authorities say. The 14-year-old boys, all wearing ski masks, ran up to the victim who was walking away from her parked Toyota Rav4 in the 20 block of Maryland Avenue, before pushing her to the ground and demanding her keys at gunpoint around noon on Monday, Oct. 3, according to Montgomery County police. The victim began screaming, which got the attention of witnesses who ran to help, scaring off the boys.  The witnesses then chased the teens and took pic…

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by Annie DeVoe
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Police Charge 11-Year-Old Boy With Arson For Fire That Destroyed Maryland Dollar General Store Police Charge 11-Year-Old Boy With Arson For Fire That Destroyed Maryland Dollar General Store
Police Charge 11-Year-Old Boy With Arson For Fire That Destroyed Maryland Dollar General Store An unexpected suspect has been identified as the person who caused millions of dollars in damage to a Maryland store last week. The Maryland Fire Marshal announced on Monday, Sept. 12 that an 11-year-old has been charged in connection to the fire at Dollar General on South Main Street in Carroll County that caused $2.5 million in damage and destroyed the building. Shortly after 5 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 3, first responders in Hampstead were dispatched to the Dollar General Store on South Main Street for a reported building fire. The fire was upgraded to a two-alarm blaze shortly after firs…

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by Zak Failla