A suspect was arrested in Maryland after crashing a stolen car into police cruisers at a Taco Bell drive-thru in Prince George’s County.
The man was seen Friday in video obtained by FOX 5 DC being detained at the fast food restaurant on Branch Avenue in Marlow Heights, Maryland.
The identity of the suspect, who was driving a stolen 2011 Hyundai Tiburon, has not been released.
Several Marlow Heights police cruisers were damaged in the collision, including one that was totaled after the man crashed into the patrol cars.
One officer was injured in the incident and taken to the hospital, where he was treated and later released.
“He kept his foot on the accelerator,” Lt. Moses Edwards of the Marlow Heights Special Police told FOX 5. “We were telling him, take your foot off the gas, put the car in park, turn it off. He wouldn’t do it. He could be heard revving the engine, revving the engine and during that time, [an officer] “He was still trapped in his vehicle.”
A woman who was riding in the passenger seat of the stolen vehicle told officers that the suspect also crashed into a blue sedan containing a father and his 6-year-old son.
The two occupants of the sedan are believed to be uninjured.
“She jumped up and immediately put her hands up and said I’m not a part of this,” Edwards said.
The car was stolen from outside a home in Southeast DC.
A suspect was arrested after crashing a stolen car into police cruisers at a Taco Bell in Prince George’s County, Maryland. YouTube/FOX 5 Washington DC The suspect’s identity was not released. YouTube/FOX 5 Washington DC
“When I got up yesterday morning and went out to my car, there was no car,” the vehicle’s owner told FOX 5.
The owner said this was not the first time her car had been stolen and that the thief broke in and started the car without her keys.
“It’s unfortunate, but I feel like people need to get jobs and work for what they get instead of taking everything they can, that’s materialistic, and it’s unfortunate that the woman didn’t realize she was in a stolen car,” said.
A police officer was injured in the accident and was taken to hospital. YouTube/FOX 5 Washington DC Several Marlow Heights police cruisers were damaged in the incident, including one that was totaled. YouTube/FOX 5 Washington DC
Marlow Heights Police Chief John Conklin told FOX 5 that the suspect has prior arrests, including for car theft.
This is because the number of car thefts in the area has skyrocketed this year.
“It is up to the prosecutor and the judges to prosecute and punish them for the crimes they are committing. Without punishment, this will continue,” Conklin said.
Four of the Marlow Heights Police Department’s eight patrol vehicles were damaged in the incident. Now all four vehicles must be repaired or replaced.
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