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Police Report: November 20-26

November 20th:

3200 block of Arundel Road: DWI – 3:10 am. Officers stopped a vehicle for failure to stop at a stop sign. While interviewing the driver officers observed that he showed signs of intoxication. He failed a roadside sobriety test and was arrested. He was transported to the MSP barrack in College Park for a breathalyzer test, the results of which showed ne had a BAC of .17. He was charged with DWI and delivered to the custody of DOC in Hyattsville.

4500 block of 31st Street: Theft from auto – 10:05 am. The owner of a 2010 Toyota Tundra told officers that sometime between 9 pm on the 19th and the time he called police someone smashed out the front passenger side window stole the vehicle’s stereo and airbags.

November 21st:

3100 block of Buchanan Street: Vehicle impound – 10:40 am. Officers impounded a 2002 Dodge Caravan for displaying registration stickers issued to another vehicle.

3100 block of Buchanan Street: Vehicle impound – 10:40 am. Officers impounded a 2002 Ford Taurus for displaying expired registration plates.

November 22nd:

4100 block of Russell Avenue: Theft from auto – 8:30 am. The owner of a 2006 Chrysler 300 reported that sometime between 4 pm on November 19th and this morning someone stole the license plates off his vehicle.

4500 block of Eastern Avenue (BP station): Theft from auto – 9:05 am. The victim told officers that she left her vehicle unlocked and unattended when she went inside to pay for gas. When she returned to her vehicle she discovered that someone had stolen her purse from inside.

3300 block of Rhode Island Avenue: Criminal citation – 11 pm. Officers issued a man a criminal citation for drinking an alcoholic beverage in public.

3300 block of Rhode Island Avenue: Warrant service – 11 pm. Officers stopped to interview an intoxicated female found sitting on the ground. Further investigation revealed that she had an open arrest warrant through Takoma Park. She was arrested on the warrant and taken to DOC in Hyattsville for processing. Once at DOC officers attempted to obtain a copy of the warrant from Takoma Park PD, however TPPD could not locate the warrant. Since the warrant could not be serves the woman was released from custody and returned to where she was originally arrested.

November 23rd:

3200 block of Shepherd Street: Vehicle theft – 4:35 pm. The owner of a 1999 Dodge Durango told officers that sometime between 9 am this morning and the time she called police someone stole her vehicle from in front of her residence.

3500 block of Otis Street: Trespassing/destruction of property – 11 pm. Officers responded for the report of a group of disorderly subjects fighting near the laundry room. When the officers arrived they saw the group start to disperse and one individual run into the laundry room. They found the man hiding in the laundry and determined that he forced his way into the room by kicking the door open. He was arrested, charged with trespassing and destruction of property and delivered to the custody of DOC in Hyattsville.

November 24th:

4300 block of Russell Avenue: Domestic assault – 12:10 pm. Officers responded for the report of a domestic argument. When they arrived the found the couple in question and observed that the female half had visible signs of being assaulted during the argument. The male half was arrested, charged accordingly and delivered to the custody of DOC in Hyattsville.

November 25th:

3700 block of 37th Street: Criminal citation – 9 pm. Officers issued a man a criminal citation for drinking an alcoholic beverage in public.

3300 block of Bunker Hill Road: Stolen vehicle – 10:45 pm. The owner of a 1998 Jeep told officers that sometime between 7:30 and 10:30 pm someone stole her vehicle.

3800 block of 34th Street: Criminal citation – 11:45 pm. Officers issued a man a criminal citation for drinking an alcoholic beverage in public.

November 26th:

3200 block of Rhode Island Avenue: Criminal citation – 10:50 pm. Officers issued a man a criminal citation for drinking an alcoholic beverage in public.

4500 block of Eastern Avenue (BP station): Theft from auto – 1:05 pm. The owner of a 1996 Ford Crown Victoria told officers that she parked her vehicle to put air in her tires. She said that while she was on the passenger side of her vehicle someone entered the driver’s side and stole her purse off the front seat. Witnesses described a 4-door sedan, possibly either green or blue in color that drove off the lot shortly after the theft as possibly being involved.

4000 block of 36th Street: Domestic assault – 7 pm. A woman came into the police station to report that she had been assaulted earlier in the day. She told officers that she and her boyfriend got into an argument this morning. During the argument the boyfriend became enraged and physically assaulted her. She sustained an injury to her left eye for which she was treated at Providence Hospital. She told officers that she did not want to press charges against her boyfriend, but she did not want to go back to his apartment and had nowhere else to go. Officers completed a lethality assessment interview with the victim, put her in contact with the Family Crisis center and advised her of her options with a District Court Commissioner.

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