A Burtonsville man was arrested in reference to two failed and one profitable carjackings on the identical evening in March, police say.
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SILVER SPRING, MD — Montgomery County Police arrested 31-year-old Freddy Obi on Tuesday in reference to a sequence of armed carjacking-related incidents that came about within the Burstonsville and Silver Spring areas in the identical evening in March.
Officers responded round 6:13 p.m., on March 22, for the report of an tried armed carjacking within the 14900 block of Previous Columbia Pike in Burtonsville. The reporting occasion informed police that they noticed a person leaving the realm after an tried armed carjacking failed. He was driving a white Ford Fusion with a broken again bumper, in keeping with police.
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At about the identical time, officers had been additionally known as to the 14900 block of Previous Columbia Pike in Burtonsville for the report of one other tried arm theft that failed. The suspect was see driving off in a white Ford Fusion with a broken rear bumper, in keeping with police.
At round 6:21 p.m., police responded to the report of one other carjacking within the 14700 block of Good Hope Highway in Silver Spring. On this occasion, a suspect, later recognized as Obi, was seen getting out of a white Ford Fusion with a broken again bumper. He then approached the sufferer, demanded their keys, and drove off of their automobile, in keeping with police.
After finding the Ford Fusion on the Silver Spring crime scene, investigators decided that it was registered to Obi.
Officers from the Laurel Police Division in Prince George’s County arrested Obi round 6:50 p.m. for an unrelated crime, in keeping with police. In addition they recovered the stolen automobile from the Silver Spring crime scene.
Detectives secured an arrest warrant for Obi on Might 21, charging him with carjacking, tried armed carjacking, first-degree assault and theft, in keeping with police.
On Tuesday, police served Obi with the warrant and took him to the Montgomery County Central Processing Unit, the place he was held with out bond.
