Overview

• Surveillance footage showed him and two other teens driving a stolen car through Laurel, Prince George’s County and Howard County, smashing windows and rifling belongings in 121 vehicles in one night.
• Investigators recovered nearly 20 sets of car keys, credit cards and other stolen items at the suspect’s home, linking him to the break-ins.
• Laurel police reported 17 additional auto burglaries the night after his release, though they have not attributed those crimes to the teen or his group.
• Authorities have identified two alleged accomplices and are pursuing their arrests while the Laurel Police Department continues its investigation.
• Police Chief Russ Hamill criticized Maryland’s juvenile justice framework as broken for classifying the scale of these thefts as lower-level offenses that did not warrant continued detention.