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RECENT CRIME SUMMARY

June 1, 2006

ARMED ROBBERY 

-On 05-27-06 at 11:37 p.m., two female friends, one a 16-year-old and the other an 18-year-old, both from Bethesda, had been walking in the area of 5700  Nicholson Ln., when a suspect approached them from behind and displayed a silver handgun.  He demanded they drop their purses and walk away.  They complied.  The suspect then fled in a white, older-model SUV parked nearby, and drove southbound on Woodglen Dr. toward Security Lane.  The victims were not injured.
 *Suspect  – unknown male wearing black pants, a black sweater, and a black knit hat. 

-On 05-27-06 at 7:59 p.m., a 29-year-old woman from Rockville reported that she was in the parking lot of the 8500 block of 16^th St., when a black male approached her from behind and asked for her purse.  When the victim refused, the suspect displayed a handgun.  He took the victim’s purse, as well as the purse of the victim’s 58-year-old mother, who was in the car, He also took other property.  As the suspect fled the scene, he met up with a second black male.  Both suspects fled on foot toward East-West Highway.  No one was injured.
 *Suspect 1 – B/M, 18-22, 6’0”, 150 pounds, thin build, wearing a white t-shirt and blue jeans, and a white bandana on his head.
 *Suspect 2 – B/M, 16-20, 5’7” to 5’8”, medium collar length hair, wearing a black t-shirt. 

-On 05-29-06 at 12:13 a.m., the victim, a 25-year-old woman from Gaithersburg, was approached by a black male while she sat in her car in front of the Cider Mill Apartments.  A Hispanic male approached her car and demanded money.  He also displayed a large kitchen knife.  The victim gave the robber cash.  He forced her into her car, but she managed to escape and contact police.  The victim was not injured.
 *Suspect – H/M, 45-50, 6’2”, 190 pounds, wearing a yellow t-shirt with red writing and blue denim shorts.

CARJACKING ATTEMPT 

-On 05-28-06, at 12:22 a.m., police responded to the area of Grandin Ave. and Reading Ave. in Wheaton for the report of an attempt carjacking.  The 29-year-old female victim from Silver Spring advised that she was driving in the area, when a Hispanic male approached the car and demanded they get out of the car.  The victims drove away instead, and contacted police.  The suspect fled the scene after stealing a blue mini BMX bike from the yard of a neighboring home.
 *Suspect  – H/M, 17-18, 5’10”, 160-165 pounds.

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STRONG ARM ROBBERY 

-On 05-29-06, at 11:40 p.m., a 27-year-old Gaithersburg man was using the drive-through ATM in the area of E. Gude Dr. and Southlawn Dr. in Rockville.  He was approached by five or six black males in their late teens/early twenties, who demanded cash from him.  The victim drove away without providing the suspects with any money.
 *One of the suspects is described as a black male wearing a black short-sleeved shirt and black jeans. 

-On 05-27-06 at 11:30 p.m., the victim, a 49-year-old man from Montgomery Village, was walking home from the Montgomery Village Shopping Center in the 19000 block of Montgomery Village Drive, when three black males approached him from behind and began to beat the victim, and search his pockets.  They fled with the victim’s cell phone and cash, before fleeing on foot in an unknown direction.  The victim was treated at a local hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.  The only description of his attackers, is three black males. 

-On 05-28-06 at 3:20 p.m., a 30-year-old man from Orlando, Florida and his wife, age 21, were in the parking lot of Gold’s gym at 398 Muddy Branch Rd. in Gaithersburg.  They were selling jewelry as they sat in their car.  The victims attempted to sell the suspect jewelry, and also showed him cash.  The suspect then punched the victim in his face, grabbed the wife’s arm, took the cash, and fled on foot towards West Side Dr.  The victims suffered only minor injuries.
 *The suspect is described as a black male wearing a white t-shirt and blue jeans. 

AGGRAVATED ASSAULT 

            -On 05-23-06 at 5:45 p.m., a 24-year-old Silver Spring man was attempting to change a flat tire in the area of Piney Branch Road and Barron Street, when a Hispanic male approached him, and for unknown reasons, displayed a knife.  The suspect then cut the victim on the hand, before entering a red Honda Civic with unknown tags, and driving away.  The victim drove himself to Washington Adventist Hospital to seek treatment for non-life-threatening injuries.
 *Suspect  – H/M, 22-26, 5’8”, 150 pounds, wearing a white shirt and blue jeans.

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BURGLARY/ATTEMPTS

1^ST DISTRICT 

COMMERCIAL BURGLARY 

·        The Midas Service Center at 1460 Rockville Pike in Rockville, between 7:00 p.m. on 5-24-06 and 6:00 a.m. on 5-25-06.  Forced entry, property taken. 

·        7 Express at 12960 Travilah Rd. in Potomac, between 2:30 a.m. and 2:41 a.m. on 5-26-06.  Forced entry, unknown if property taken. 

RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY 

·        10100 block of Watts Mine Ln. in Potomac, between 11:00 p.m. on 5-25-06, and 6:00 a.m. on 5-22-06.  No force, property taken. 

·        10800 block of Gainsborough Rd. in Potomac, between 1:00 p.m. and 1:50 p.m. on 5-25-06.  Forced attempt. 

2^ND DISTRICT 

COMMERCIAL BURGLARY 

·        Tommy Joe’s Restaurant at 4714 Montgomery Ln. in Bethesda, between 2:20 a.m. and 2:25 p.m. on 5-17-06.  No force, property taken. 

·        UPS Store at 10319 Westlake Dr. in Bethesda, between 7:10 p.m. on 5-22-06 and 8:30 a.m. on 5-23-06.  Forced attempt.

·        Captain’s Market at 7606 MacArthur Blvd. in Cabin John, between 2:06 a.m. and 2:15 a.m. on 5-30-06.  Forced entry, property taken.

RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY

·        5000 block of Sentinel Dr. in Bethesda, between 1:57 a.m. on 5-20-06, and 6:00 a.m. on 5-22-06.  No force, property taken.

·        4020 block of Franklin St. in Kensington, between 10:00 p.m. on 5-21-06 and 7:30 a.m. on 5-22-06.  Forced attempt.

·        8700 block of Ewing Dr. in Bethesda, between 8:15 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. on 5-25-06.  Forced entry, property taken.

 ·        11000 block of Isben Dr. in Rockville, between 5:05 p.m. and 5:10 p.m. on 5-25-06.  No force, property taken.

·        5100 block of Westport Rd. in Bethesda, between 7:00 p.m. on 5-26-06 and 9:30 p.m. on 5-29-06.  Forced entry, property taken.

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