Crime & Safety
3 Teens, 2 Adults Arrested In Connection To Armed Carjacking: Prince George's Police
Three teenagers and two adults have been arrested in connection to an armed carjacking that happened April 25 in Suitland, police say.
PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD — Five suspects including three teens have been arrested in connection to a recent armed carjacking in Suitland.
On April 27 at about 12:30 p.m., Prince George's County police officers spied a recently carjacked vehicle in the 8500 block of Greenbelt Road in Lanham. The car had been stolen in an armed carjacking April 25 in the 6100 block of Allentown Road in Suitland.
Investigators stopped the vehicle and arrested the five individuals inside. They also found a loaded handgun in the car that had been reported stolen in Georgia, according to a police report.
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The two adult suspects are 18-year-old Qamar Comfort and 18-year-old Iriae Williams. Both are from Washington, D.C. A third suspect, a 16-year-old boy from Temple Hills, has been charged as an adult. The remaining suspects, a 15-year-old boy from Camp Springs and a 14-year-old girl from Temple Hills, have been charged as juveniles.
Comfort has been charged with armed carjacking. Williams has been charged with the unauthorized use of a vehicle. The 16-year-old suspect has been charged with unauthorized use of a vehicle and a firearms offense. The 15-year-old suspect has been charged with the unauthorized use of a vehicle and a firearms offense. The 14-year-old suspect has been charged with the unauthorized use of a vehicle. She was released to her parents.
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