ATM Robbery Suspects Who Used Jaws Of Life To Bust Open Machines Face 95 Charges: PGPD

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD — Three men have been arrested and charged in connection to multiple ATM robberies that happened across Prince George's County since late January.

The investigation revealed the suspects targeted ATMs at businesses across the county. In five robberies, the suspects used hydraulic rescue tools, commonly called the “jaws of life,” to break into the machines and steal tens of thousands of dollars in cash. Detectives estimate that approximately $200,000 was stolen during these robberies.

On March 19, the PGPD’s Fugitive Unit located and arrested one suspect in Clinton and two others in Washington, D.C. The suspects are 34-year-old Maurice Roots of Washington, D.C., 33-year-old Jeff Crews of Washington, D.C., and 39-year-old David Jerome Walker of Washington, D.C. MPDC officers served multiple search warrants on the suspects’ residences, which recovered cash and firearms. Additional evidence also was recovered including multiple vehicles, according to police.

Detectives have charged Crews and Walker for a string of five ATM robberies and one attempted robbery at convenience stores from Jan. 29 through Feb. 22. Roots has been charged in connection to the robbery on Feb. 22. Additional charges against all three suspects are pending. They are suspected to have played a role in additional ATM robberies, the PGPD said.

Crews currently faces 43 charges, Walker faces 45 charges and Roots faces seven charges.

“The robberies allegedly committed by these individuals and probably others were significant in terms of the commercial robberies in our county. Their arrests will put a dent in commercial robberies in the county," said State’s Attorney Aisha Braveboy at a news conference.

The robberies involving two suspects were:

January 29
7-Eleven in the 1400 block of Cherry Hill Road in Beltsville
7-Eleven in the hundred block of Watkins Park Drive in Upper Marlboro

February 1
7-Eleven in the 7900 block of Good Luck Road in Lanham

February 6
7-Eleven in the 6100 block of Oxon Hill Road in Oxon Hill

February 19
7-Eleven in the 11300 block of Baltimore Avenue in Beltsville

The robbery linked to Crews, Walker and Roots:

February 22
7-Eleven in the 9400 block of Lanham Severn Road in Lanham