Document: Police Arrest Suspect for Multiple Burglary and Robbery Offenses

By D.C. Witness Staff - May 14, 2020
Daily Stories | Homicides | Juveniles | Suspects |

The Metropolitan Police Department arrested a suspect May 11 for multiple robbery and burglary offenses.

According to a press release, the 15-year-old juvenile is charged with armed robbery, burglary two and armed carjacking with a gun. The suspected has been connected to five criminal offense that took place from March 30-May 10.

On May 10 on the 4000 block of 17th Street, NW. The suspect allegedly pulled a gun and took a victim’s property.

Two days before, on May 8, on the 3000 block of 40th Street, SE the suspect allegedly entered an occupied residence, took a victim’s keys and fled the scene in the victim’s car.

On April 24, the suspect and another individual allegedly took property from a business on the 4500 block of Benning Road, SE.

The suspects also allegedly threatened a victim with a gun on the 5300 block of C Street, SE on April 11. According to the press release, the suspects took keys to the victim’s car and fled the seen in the vehicle.

On April 8, on the 3800 block of 9th Street, SE, one of the suspects pulled a gun on a victim and demanded the keys to the victim’s vehicle. The suspects also fled the scene in the vehicle.

The suspect, who police arrested, allegedly took property from another business establishment on the 2900 block of Minnesota Avenue, SE on March 30.

The cases remain under investigation.

Anyone who has knowledge of these incidents should call police at (202) 727-9099 or text the Department’s TEXT TIP LINE at 50411. The Metropolitan Police Department currently offers a reward of up to $10,000 for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for a violent crime committed in the District of Columbia.