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Police Report: April 4-5

April 4th:

3800 block of 34th Street: Warrant arrest – 2:45 pm. Officers stopped a vehicle for a traffic violation. Further investigation revealed that the driver had an open arrest warrant through Prince George’s County for failure to appear in court on a traffic related offense. He was arrested on the warrant and delivered to the custody of DOC in Hyattsville.

3100 block of Queens Chapel Road: Theft from auto – 7:40 pm. The victim told the officers that she went into the Family Dollar to do some shopping. When she returned to her car she discovered that someone had broken the passenger side window with a rock and stole her Sony Vaio laptop.

37th and Newton Streets: Recovered stolen auto – 8 pm. Officers responded for the report of an abandoned vehicle. They located a 1996 Infinity parked and unoccupied in the roadway. A check of the vehicle revealed that it was reported stolen from an address in Prince George’s County on March 29th. The vehicle was impounded for safekeeping and PGPD was notified of the recovery.

April 5th (early morning):

Queens Chapel Road and Chillum Road: Warrant arrest – 1:10 am. Officers stopped a vehicle for a traffic violation. Further investigation revealed that a passenger in the vehicle had an open arrest warrant through Prince Georges County for failing to appear in court on a charge of possession of marijuana. He was arrested on the warrant and delivered to the custody of DOC in Hyattsville.

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