5 Youths Arrested In PG County Armed Robbery: Police

CLINTON, MD — Five teenagers have been arrested after the armed robbery of a pharmacy retail store in Clinton early Tuesday morning, police say.

The group targeted a store in the 8000 block of Branch Avenue at around 1:35 a.m. on July 16, and within minutes responding officers located the getaway car and began to chase them all the way into Montgomery County, according to a report from the Prince George's County Police Department.

"Their eventual capture was thanks to several members of our Bureau of Patrol," the report states. "Our Aviation Section was, also, called in for aerial support and maintained visual contact of the fleeing car throughout the pursuit."

Police arrested 19-year-old David McKinney of Northeast D.C.; 18-year-old Corey Nelson of Southeast D.C.; 18-year-old Rodney Wood of Alexandria, Va.; and 17-year-old Keondre Reel of Northeast D.C. Police charged a fifth suspect, described as a teenage girl, as a juvenile.

All faces charges of robbery.