NEWS RELEASE
City of Takoma Park Police Department
• 7500 Maple Avenue • Takoma Park, Md 20912
For more information contact:
Chief Ronald A. Ricucci, 301/891.7104
Catherine Plevy, 301/891.7142
December 5, 2007 (12:00 p.m.)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
On December 4, 2007, members of the Takoma Park Police responded to the rear of the shopping center in the 7600 block of New Hampshire Avenue for a report of a group of Hispanic males fighting with clubs. Two of the victims indicated they had been walking through an alley behind the shopping center when the group of Hispanic males approached and asked for money. The victims indicated they didn’t have any money, and the group of Hispanic males began assaulting them; one hitting them over their heads with a metal pole. The victims were transported to area hospitals where they were treated and released. Before being transported, one of the victim’s positively identified Encillo Vasquez Pena-Longo as being the person who demanded money and then assaulted him and the other victim. Pena-Longo, 27, of no fixed address, was charged with two counts of First Degree Assault and two counts of Attempted Armed Robbery.
Posted by Cathy at December 5, 2007 12:50 PM