Police Break Up 10 Illegal Car Rallies, Arrest 4 Teens And An 18-Year-Old

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD — Four teens were arrested at a car rally held in Baltimore City Nov. 30 while 10 large illegal driving events were shut down by the Maryland Car Rally Task Force. Upwards of 300 people and vehicles were at one rally, shutting down the road.

From 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. Nov. 29-30, officers broke up car rallies in Baltimore City and Baltimore, Anne Arundel, Howard and Prince George's counties. Five arrests were made at one car rally in the 5100 block of Park Avenue in Baltimore, including the four teens, during a traffic stop made during one rally in the 4400 block of Park Heights Avenue involving a possible stolen vehicle.

Police stopped a silver Nissan 350Z and the driver, Josue Emanuel Hernandez Cordon, 18, of Laurel, has been charged with reckless, aggressive and negligent driving, along with other traffic related offenses, and was investigated for possession of a replica firearm on his person.

At that same rally, police spied a stolen Nissan 370Z and all involved agencies canvassed the area searching for it. Baltimore police officers found the vehicle after the driver had abandoned it and took off. Police also recovered a stolen black Camaro SS from which four teens ages 15 through 17 attempted to take off. Two firearms were recovered from the four teens, along with the stolen vehicle police believe has been used in other car rallies and possibly was involved in an armed robbery in Washington, D.C.