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 7, 2007 (12:10 p.m.)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
On December 6, 2007, members of the Takoma Park Police Tactical Enforcement Unit (TEU), supplemented by members of the Patrol Division, were continuing the Robbery Abatement Detail in the Takoma Langley/Crossroads area. As a result, a unit observed a suspicious vehicle traveling in the 1300 block of Holton Lane. A check of the vehicle’s registration revealed that the vehicle was listed as stolen through the City of Greenbelt Police Department. The vehicle was subsequently stopped and the occupants detained. Preliminary investigation revealed that the vehicle’s ignition was punched. A search of the vehicle revealed two replica semi-automatic handguns hidden in the vehicle. Two of the occupants were also found to be in possession of Controlled Dangerous Substance (CDS) paraphernalia. As a result of this investigation, the driver, identified as Gordon Cummings, 37, of Cambridge, Maryland; Denese Lesueur, 32, of Washington, D.C. and Michelle Dufour, 31, of Washington, D.C. were charged with Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle, Auto Theft and Theft Over $500. Additionally, Grier Jarret Clayton, 37, of Greenbelt, Maryland, and Lekesha Hopkins, 27, of Takoma Park, Maryland, were also charged with the above offenses, as well as possession of CDS paraphernalia. All five subjects were remanded to the custody of the Montgomery County Department of Corrections pending a bond review. TEU investigators have been working jointly with investigators from the City of Greenbelt Police Department to determine if these subjects were linked to local robberies or other associated criminal activities.
Posted by Cathy at December 7, 2007 12:11 PM