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Police Report: July 7

4200 block of 31st Street: At about 11:45 am officers took a report of a stolen auto. The victim/owner told the officers that he parked his 1994 Honda Civic, Maryland tags BDM774 by his residence at about 3 am. When he returned for the car at 11 am he discovered it had been stolen. A check of the area for witnesses and evidence was negative.

3300 block of Queenstown Drive: At about 2 pm officers took a report of a hit and run motor vehicle crash. Investigation revealed that the victim’s vehicle was struck by a second unidentified vehicle which fled the scene. The victim’s vehicle sustained severe damage to front driver’s side.

3600 block of Perry Street: At about 2 pm officers took a missing persons report. The parents of a 17 year old male reported that their son was last seen on July 5th and that they believed he was with some of his friends. No foul play was suspected and the teen was entered into the NCIC missing persons database.

4300 block of 32nd Street: At about 7:30 officers took a missing persons report. The mother of a 32 year old adult male who is bipolar reported that her son had gone missing. She told the officers that her son has a history of leaving home without warning only to return several days later. His information was entered into the NCIC missing persons database and the mother was advised to call police if/when her son returns home.

3400 block of Rhode Island Avenue: At about 6:45 pm power shift officers observed two individuals one of whom was consuming an open alcoholic beverage. Both individuals were stopped and identified. The subject that was consuming the open alcoholic beverage was issued a criminal citation for drinking in public. The other subject was discovered to have two open warrants for his arrest. One was issued by the United States Marshals Service for assault and the other was issued by Montgomery County Police for a plethora of charges including resisting arrest, escape and assault. He was arrested and delivered to the custody of DOC in Hyattsville without incident.

2400 block of Chillum Road: At about 10:35 pm power shift officers stopped a vehicle for minor traffic violation. Further investigation revealed that the driver was highly intoxicated. He was also found to have been arrested for DUI less than one month ago. He was arrested for DUI and transported to the Greenbelt Police Station for processing. Once there he submitted to a blood alcohol test, the results of which showed he had a BAC of .17. He was charged accordingly. During their investigation the officers also learned that the passenger of the vehicle had provided the alcohol to the underage drunk driver. The passenger was arrested and charged for providing the alcohol to the minor. The vehicle was impounded.

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