TOWSON, Md. — Just after midnight on Monday evening, thieves targeted vehicles in Jennifer Falter’s Loch Hill community.
“I came out and looked, and I could see that it was rifled through,” said Falter, “I knew something was wrong, because I was just dozing off and I heard the police on maybe a bullhorn and using a very authoritative voice so I jumped up.”
That’s when an officer responding to a report of car break-ins spotted a Honda Accord with its engine running and then two people jumping into it.
“An officer attempted to retrieve one of the juveniles from the vehicle and at the time, the juvenile accelerated the car,” said Baltimore County Police Det. Trae Corbin, “The officer was still holding on to the juvenile in close proximity to the car and was dragged a short distance."
Somehow, the officer avoided injury, but the car, which was later determined to be stolen, then struck two marked police cars before speeding away with officers in full pursuit.
The chase ended about two miles from where it began here at the intersection of Northwood Drive and Pentwood Road.
Police arrested a 15-year-old suspect and another who was just 14.
“I expect cars to be rifled through to a degree. It doesn’t surprise me,” said Falter, “I don’t expect car windows to be broken. I don’t expect cars to be stolen. That feels like an increase and feels very negative.”
“And 14 and 15-year-olds?” we asked.
“Oh, that’s awful,” she responded.
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The juveniles now face charges including First Degree Assault, Destruction of Property, Rogue and Vagabond, Fourth Degree Burglary and Failure to Obey a Lawful Order.