NEWS RELEASE
City of Takoma Park Police Department
• 7500 Maple Avenue • Takoma Park, Md 20912
For more information contact:
Public Information Officer (PIO)
Catherine Plevy, 301/891.7142 or 240/338.2901
July 14, 2008 (1:30 p.m.)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Chief Ronald A. Ricucci from the Takoma Park Police Department announces the arrests of Patrick Walcut Clarkson, 19, and James Lee Dotson, 20, both of Silver Spring, Maryland.
On July 11, 2008, at approximately 8:00 a.m., in 7400 block of New Hampshire Avenue, units located a stolen vehicle that was parked in the parking lot to the rear of the pool by the Econo Lodge complex. The vehicle had been reported stolen through the Montgomery County Police Department on July 9, 2008. Units set up surveillance on the stolen vehicle. After approximately a half hour, police observed two subjects get into the vehicle and try to start the engine. Both subjects were ordered out of the vehicle and were later identified as Clarkson and Dotson. During a search incident to arrest, Clarkson was found in possession of a credit card that was reported as stolen from a victim’s vehicle (not related to this incident) on July 10, 2008.
Clarkson was arrested and charged with auto theft, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle and credit card theft. Dotson was arrested and charged with auto theft and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. Both were transported to the Montgomery County Central Processing Unit for an appearance before a District Court Commissioner.
Posted by Plevy at July 14, 2008 01:30 PM