The Carjacking Interdiction Unit charged six juveniles in connection with two recent carjacking cases. During their arrests, officers recovered a total of three loaded ghost guns (unserialized).
On
April 2, 2023, at approximately 1:30 pm, patrol officers assigned to our
Division VIII station responded to the report of an attempted armed carjacking
in the 1900 block of County Road in District Heights. Responding officers
observed the two suspects running from the scene. After a short foot pursuit,
the officers arrested both juveniles – a 17-year-old male from Temple Hills and
a 16-year-old male from Fort Washington. Both juveniles were each in possession
of a loaded ghost gun. They are charged as adults with attempted armed
carjacking and firearms offenses. They were transported to the Department of
Corrections.
In
a separate case, on March 30, 2023, members of the PGPD’s Washington Area
Vehicle Enforcement team located a carjacked vehicle in the area of Addison
Road and Central Avenue. The vehicle had been carjacked at gunpoint on March
27, 2023, in the 7500 block of Marlboro Pike in Forestville. The officers
stopped the vehicle and arrested the four juveniles inside. A loaded ghost gun
was recovered in the vehicle. The suspects – all 15-year-old males from
Washington, DC, are charged as juveniles with unauthorized use of a vehicle and
possession of a firearm.
So far in 2023, the Carjacking Interdiction Unit has charged 32 juveniles and 19 adults in connection with carjacking cases.
If anyone has information relevant to these cases, they are asked to please call detectives at 301-516-3788.
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