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Man Assaults Restaurant Worker, Drives Tow Truck Into Hillcrest Heights Building: Police

A D.C. man assaulted a restaurant worker then drove his tow truck into the Hillcrest Heights building to try and hit the employee.

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Josyah Brown of Washington, D.C., has been identified as the tow truck driver who assaulted a restaurant employee and drove the vehicle into the building to try and hit the employee.
Josyah Brown of Washington, D.C., has been identified as the tow truck driver who assaulted a restaurant employee and drove the vehicle into the building to try and hit the employee. (Photo courtesy of the Prince George's Police Department)

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD — A 24-year-old tow truck driver assaulted a restaurant worker then plowed his tow truck into the restaurant and tried to hit the employee before taking off.

He's been on the run since the April 4 altercation, but members of the Prince George's County Police's fugitive squad arrested him Monday, according to the Prince George's County Police Department.

The assault happened April 4 shortly before 1:30 a.m. at a restaurant in the 2900 block of Colebrooke Drive in Hillcrest Heights, police say. A video circulating on Twitter claims to be footage of Brown attacking workers at the restaurant before driving his tow truck into the building and trying to hit an employee.

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Josyah Brown of Washington, D.C., has been identified as the tow truck driver. He has been charged with first- and second-degree assault as well as malicious destruction of property.

Anyone with information about this case is asked to call 301-749-5064.

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