NEWS RELEASE
City of Takoma Park Police Department
• 7500 Maple Avenue • Takoma Park, Md 20912
For more information contact:
Det. Corporal Andrew M. John, Police Information Officer
301/891-7148 E-mail:andrewj@takomagov.org
March 02, 2007 (16:30pm)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Takoma Park Commercial Armed Robbery
Takoma Park Police responded to a commercial armed robbery which had just occurred. At approximately 2:51PM, suspects robbed The Takoma Postal Business Center , 7304 Carroll Ave, Takoma Park. The suspects were described as: Suspect #1, a black male, mid 20's , 5'10"-6'00 wearing a dark hooded shirt, blue knit cap and large frame sunglasses, armed with a silver or chrome silver large frame revolver. Suspect#2, a black male, mid 20's, thin build, wearing a dark hooded shirt with a multi print metallic design on the front and large frame sunglasses. No injuries were reported. The Takoma Park K-9 unit initiated a track for the suspects which ended in a nearby residential street. Takoma Park Detectives are investigating the possibility that these suspects are also linked to similar commercial armed robberies which have occurred in Takoma Park and neighboring jurisdictions. Detectives recovered the establishments video surveillance tape showing the suspects responsible for this incident. The video is being processed by forensic technicians at this time. Footage will be available to the media as soon as it is available.
Posted by Cathy at March 3, 2007 04:46 PM