Crime & Safety

Group Abducts MD Delivery Drivers At Gunpoint, Steals Packages On Christmas Eve, Police Say

The delivery drivers drove to D.C. before eventually going to the College Park barrack to report these crimes.

(WJZ)

December 24, 2020

Maryland State Police are investigating an armed carjacking of two delivery men around 5 a.m. on Christmas Eve in Prince George’s County.

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According to police, the drivers, one from D.C. and one from Forestville, were out delivering packages in a yellow Freightliner box truck when they were victims of an armed carjacking.

They told police that they exited onto the inner loop of I-495 from I-95 south when they were approached by two vehicles — one a new black Dodge Durango and a black, 4-door Mercedes sedan. The two vehicles allegedly forced the truck off the road at gunpoint and then demanded the two men get out.

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