A suspect was arrested in Maryland after crashing a stolen car into a police cruiser at a Taco Bell drive-thru in Prince George’s County.
The man was seen Friday in video obtained by FOX 5 DC being detained at a fast food restaurant on Branch Avenue in Marlow Heights, Maryland.
The identity of the suspect driving the stolen 2011 Hyundai Tiburon car has not yet been revealed.
Several Marlow Heights police cruisers were damaged in the collision, including one that was totaled after the man crashed into the police cruiser.
An officer was injured in the incident and taken to hospital, where he received treatment and was later released.
“He kept putting his foot on the accelerator,” Lt. Moses Edwards of Marlow Heights Special Police told FOX 5. “We told him: take your foot off the accelerator, put the car in park, turn the car off. He won’t. You can hear him start the motor, start the engine and at that time, [an officer] still stuck in his vehicle.”
A woman who was riding in the passenger seat of the stolen vehicle told officers that the suspect also ran into a blue sedan with a father and his 6-year-old son inside.
The two passengers of the sedan are believed not to have suffered any injuries.
“He jumped out and immediately put his hands up and said I’m not part of this,” Edwards said.
The car was stolen from outside a home in Southeast DC.
A suspect was arrested after crashing a stolen car into a police cruiser at a Taco Bell in Prince George’s County, Maryland. YouTube/FOX 5 Washington DC The suspect’s identity has not been released. YouTube/FOX 5 Washington DC
“When I woke up yesterday morning and went out to my car, there was no car,” the owner of the vehicle told FOX 5.
The owner says it’s not the first time he’s been kidnapped and the thief broke in and started the car without his keys.
“It’s unfortunate, but I feel like people should get a job and work for whatever they can get instead of taking whatever they can which is materialistic, and unfortunately the woman didn’t realize she was in a stolen car,” he said.
A police officer was injured in the accident and taken to hospital. YouTube/FOX 5 Washington DC Several Marlow Heights police cruisers were damaged in the incident — including one that was totaled. YouTube/FOX 5 Washington DC
Marlow Heights Police Chief John Conklin told FOX 5 the suspect has prior arrests, including for car theft.
This follows an increase in car thefts in the area this year.
“It is up to the state attorney and the judge to prosecute and punish them for the crimes they committed. Without punishment, it will continue,” Conklin said.
Four of the Marlow Heights police department’s eight cruisers were damaged in the incident. All four vehicles now need to be repaired or replaced.
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