For Immediate Release: Wednesday, December 6, 2023
Gaithersburg, MD – Detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police – Major Crimes Division are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying two suspects who attempted an armed carjacking on December 1, 2023, in the 13600 block of Middlevale Lane in Silver Spring.
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The investigation by detectives has revealed that at approximately 4:20 a.m., an adult male victim was at his residence when he heard noise outside and observed an unknown male near his family’s car. The adult male approached the vehicle and immediately confronted the suspect who was sitting in the driver’s seat of the family’s car. The suspect got out of the victim’s car and attempted to enter a red, SUV. A second suspect displayed a handgun, hit the victim with the handgun, and then demanded personal property and the keys to the car. An additional adult male from inside the residence helped the victim and the suspects drove away from the scene in the red SUV, towards Layhill Road.
Further investigation revealed that at approximately 3:30 a.m., the suspects, in the red SUV were observed stealing a catalytic converter from a vehicle in the 13900 block of Alderton Road. At approximately 12:22 a.m., the suspects were again seen in the 13900 block of Alderton Road in an unknown Black sedan.
The suspects are described as two White or Hispanic males in their twenties. The first suspect is approximately 5-feet, 10-inches tall and weighs 180-200 pounds. He was wearing a black winter coat, camouflage green hooded sweatshirt, blue jeans, a black ski mask and white sneakers with red and black soles. The second suspect is approximately 5-feet, 7-inches tall and weighs 160-170 pounds. He was wearing a blue winter coat, a gray hooded sweatshirt, gray sweatpants, a black ski mask, white and blue sneakers and was carrying a black handgun.
Anyone with information regarding the suspects or this crime is asked to visit the Crime Solvers of Montgomery County, MD website at www.crimesolversmcmd.org and click on the “ www.p3tips.com ” link at the top of the page or call 1-866-411-8477. A reward of up to $10,000 is being offered for information that leads to the arrest of the suspects. Tips may remain anonymous.
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Release ID: 23-699
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Categories: carjacking
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