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November 8-10

November 8th:

Queen Chapel & Chillum Roads: At about 4:20 am officers stopped a vehicle that was operating with no headlights. Further investigation revealed that a female juvenile had taken the vehicle without her parent’s permission and given it to her boyfriend who was driving at the time of the stop. The boyfriend/driver was arrested, charged with unauthorized use of a motor vehicle and delivered to the custody of DOC in Hyattsville.

3300 block of Buchanan Street: At about 4:10 pm officers took a theft report. The victim told the officers that he ordered an entertainment center which was delivered to his residence and signed for by an unknown party. He never received the merchandise. The theft was reported to the vendor for replacement of the item.

3200 block of Queens Chapel Road: At about 10:45 pm officers stopped a vehicle for a traffic violation. The officers discovered that the driver did not have a valid license. He was cited accordingly and his vehicle was impounded.

November 9th:

3700 block of Wells Avenue: At about 9:15 am officers took a theft report. The victim told the officers that while sleeping on his couch someone came into his house and stole personal property from his pants pocket.

November 10th:

3100 block of Upshur Street: At about 6:45 am officers took a report of a stolen auto. The vehicle was stolen sometime between 10:45 pm on the 9th and the time it was reported to police this morning.

2800 block of Taylor Street: At about 7 am officers took a report of a stolen auto. The victim said that the vehicle was stolen sometime between 1 am and the time he reported it to police.

3700 block of Rhode Island Avenue: At about 12:30 pm officers issued a woman a criminal citation for possession of narcotics paraphernalia.

4200 block of 29th Street: At about 3:30 pm officers took a report of a residential burglary. The victim told the officers that she returned home to discover that her rear door had been forced open and several items of her personal property missing from the house. A neighbor told the officers that he saw a white pickup truck parked in the victim’s driveway during the time when the crime occurred. No other evidence/information was obtained.

28th Place and Webster Street: At about 9:40 pm officers stopped a vehicle for a traffic violation. The officers found that the driver of the vehicle was in possession of an open container of an alcoholic beverage. He was issued a criminal citation for the violation and sent on his way.

1 Municipal Place: At about 10:40 pm officers impounded a vehicle after a check of the registration plate revealed that the vehicle was uninsured and had an MSP pick-up order for the tags.

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