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Three Juveniles Arrested and Charged With Carjacking

For Immediate Release: Friday, July 8, 2022

Gaithersburg, MD - Three juveniles have been arrested and charged with a Rockville carjacking. All three had been committed to the Regional Institute for Children and Adolescents (RICA) and left the facility without authorization.  

On Thursday, July 7, at approximately 1:30 p.m., 6th District officers responded to the 14800 block of Physicians Lane for a carjacking that just occurred. The adult male victim was sitting in his parked silver Honda CRV when one of the suspects approached and implied that he had a weapon.

During this time, patrol officers received notification of three runaways from RICA, which is located one mile from the carjacking scene.

At approximately 8 p.m. Thursday, the 6th District Special Assignment Team (SAT) located the vehicle parked on Southview Drive, in Oxon Hill, MD and observed the suspects near the Honda CRV.

SAT officers stopped the suspects and determined that they were the three juveniles that had gone missing from RICA. They were all arrested and charged with carjacking.

All three were returned to the custody of the Montgomery County Department of Juvenile Services.

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Release ID: 22-346
Media Contact: S.D. Goff 
Categories: carjacking