Teen Throws Lit Fireworks At PG County Cops: Police

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD -- One teenager has been arrested and police are looking for other suspects after two incidents in the last few days in which lit fireworks were thrown at officers, police say.

Police arrested the teen for throwing a firework at a patrol officer's marked cruiser while it was moving in the early morning hours on Thursday, according to a report from the Prince George's County Police Department.

"Preliminarily, the on-duty officer was patrolling in a marked police car the area of East Capital Street and Davey Street in Capitol Heights, at approximately 1:15 am.," the report states. "As the officer was driving, he observed a male in a wooded area just off the roadway throwing a lit firework at his cruiser. The firework landed underneath the vehicle’s front bumper and exploded. As the officer exited his patrol car, he saw the suspect run into the wooded area."

Police chased the suspect on foot and were able to catch him, the report adds. No one was injured. The teen was charged with reckless endangerment, assault, and firework-related charges.

Just before this incident, police received a 911 call that indicated someone was throwing fireworks at passing vehicles in the same location, and police are asking anyone with information to contact them, the report states.

"This is the second incident in a week where a PGPD Officer was attacked by a firework," the report adds. "The first incident was this past Saturday on Walters Lane when a suspect threw a lit firework at an officer sitting in a parked cruiser. A second suspect recorded the incident on a cell phone. Investigators are working to identify both suspects in that case."

Police do not believe that the two cases are related.