A suspect accused of stealing a woman’s car at gunpoint in Cherrydale was arrested yesterday evening (Tuesday) following a chase and rollover crash in D.C.
The Prince George’s County Police Department spotted the stolen SUV around 11 p.m., hours after the original incident that took place around 1 p.m. yesterday at 18th Street N. and N. Randolph Street.
U.S. Park Police were called to assist and tried to initiate a traffic stop, but the driver refused, Park Police told ARLnow.
“The driver failed to yield and fled, striking an occupied civilian vehicle and a parked, unoccupied vehicle before overturning,” a spokesperson said.
The chase lasted for about three and a half miles, beginning near the Suitland Metro stop and ending at Branch Avenue and Lyndale Place SE in D.C.
The occupant of the struck civilian vehicle was taken to a hospital, as was the suspect, who had multiple warrants out for his arrest.
Police said they recovered a shotgun from the suspect’s vehicle.
From Park Police:
Around 11 p.m., Prince George’s County Police observed a vehicle on St. Barnabas Road involved in an armed carjacking in Arlington County earlier that afternoon. U.S. Park Police were called to assist and attempted a traffic stop near Suitland Parkway and Silver Hill Road. The driver failed to yield and fled, striking an occupied civilian vehicle and a parked, unoccupied vehicle before overturning at Branch Avenue and Lyndale Place SE. The suspect, who had multiple open warrants, was taken into custody. The single occupant of the civilian vehicle and the suspect were transported to local hospitals as a precaution. A shotgun was recovered from the suspect vehicle.
The original carjacking took place in a residential neighborhood. The victim was sitting in her parked vehicle when the suspect pulled up in a pickup truck and approached her from the driver’s side window, the Arlington County Police Department said in a preliminary incident report.
“The suspect brandished a firearm and demanded the victim’s vehicle,” police wrote. “The victim exited and the suspect stole her vehicle and fled the scene. No injuries were reported.”
A witness told ARLnow that the victim was a dog walker who had just returned a dog to a nearby house.
Shortly after the incident, a black pickup truck with Maryland tags could be seen parked in the middle of the street near the crime scene. It was later determined to be stolen out of Prince George’s County, an ACPD spokesperson said.
More from ACPD, below.
At approximately 12:59 p.m. on July 14, police were dispatched to the report of a robbery. Upon arrival, it was determined the female victim was inside her parked vehicle when the male suspect pulled up in a pickup truck, exited and approached the victim’s driver’s side window. The suspect brandished a firearm and demanded the victim’s vehicle. The victim exited and the suspect stole her vehicle and fled the scene. No injuries were reported. A lookout was broadcast and responding officers canvassed the area for the suspect yielding negative results. Later that day, the stolen vehicle was observed traveling in Prince George’s County, MD and with the assistance of the United States Park Police, the stolen vehicle was recovered following a pursuit and subsequent vehicle crash in Washington D.C. The driver of the vehicle was taken into custody and the investigation is ongoing.
