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Police Report: November 20-22

November 20th:

3300 block of Chillum Road: At about 2 a.m. officers took a report of a residential burglary. The resident/victim told the officers that she discovered several personal items missing from inside her apartment when she returned home. Investigation revealed that someone broke into the apartment through the dinning room window. The scene was processed for evidence with negative results.

November 21st:

3200 block of Rhode Island Avenue: At about 5:45 a.m. officers stopped a suspicious female for a field interview. During the interview the officers discovered that she had an open arrest warrant through the Prince George’s County Sheriff’s Office for failing to appear in court on a second degree assault charge. She was arrested on the warrant and delivered to the custody of DOC in Hyattsville.

4400 block of 28th Street: At about 3 p.m. officers took a report of a stolen auto. The victim/owner told the officers that he parked his silver 1997 Chevy Tahoe (DC tag CN6644) at about 10 a.m. and when he returned for it he discovered it had been stolen. A canvass of the area for evidence/witnesses was negative.

3300 block of Otis Street: At about 4:30 p.m. officers arrested a man for trespassing and disorderly conduct. He had been ordered off the property by the owner after a domestic altercation, but refused to leave. When officers arrived he became very disorderly and had to be arrested. He was delivered to the custody of DOC in Hyattsville.

3300 block of Buchanan Street: At about 9 p.m. officers stopped a vehicle for a traffic violation. Further investigation revealed that the driver had an open warrant through the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office for failure to appear in court on a charge of driving uninsured. He was arrested on the warrant and delivered to the custody of DOC in Hyattsville.

3600 block of Perry Street: At about 10:15 p.m. officers responded for the report of a citizen armed robbery. The victim told the officers that as she was getting out of her car in her driveway she was approached by six black males, one of whom displayed a handgun. After the suspects stole several items of the victim’s personal property she managed to get away from her assailants who then fled on foot towards 34th Street. The victim described her assailants only as black males, 18-25 years of age and all wearing dark pants and dark hoodie-type sweat shirts. A search of the area for the six assailants proved negative. PGPD robbery detectives responded to the scene to conduct a follow-up investigation.

November 22nd:

2700 block of Webster Street: At about 6:30pm officers responded to the residence for an unknown trouble call. Upon officers arrival they discovered that a domestic assault had taken place. Officers arrested the suspected aggressor for domestic assault and delivered him to the custody of DOC in Hyattsville without further incident.

2700 block of Arundel Road: At about 8:50 p.m. issued criminal citations to two individuals, one for possession of an open container of alcohol and the other for urinating in public.

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