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
June 8, 2009 (3:04 p.m.)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Following a surveillance operation at the Econo Lodge in the 7400 block of New Hampshire Avenue, Takoma Park, Maryland, on June 4, 2009, three subjects were arrested by Takoma Park Police’s Tactical Enforcement Unit. The first subject, Aaron Franklin Whittaker, 46, of Silver Spring, Maryland, was arrested for an outstanding warrant through Prince George’s County for a failure to appear for trespassing. The second and third subjects, Ernest Benjamin Vance, 45, of Silver Spring, Maryland, and Belinda Taylor, 45, of Camp Springs, Maryland, were both charged with possession of Controlled Dangerous Substance (CDS) paraphernalia. All three subjects were arrested and transported to the Montgomery Central Processing Unit for an appearance before a District Court Commissioner.