PASADENA, Md. (WBFF) — Two teenagers were arrested early Thursday morning after they allegedly followed two women, threatened them with a gun, and robbed them in Pasadena.
According to police, officers responded at 3:30 a.m. on March 5 to the area of Ritchie Highway and Jumpers Hole Road for a reported assault.
Officers spoke with two women who reported that suspects were following them in a white Toyota sedan.
Police said the suspects tried to run the victims off the road, pointed a firearm at them and eventually rammed their vehicle at Ritchie Highway and Jumpers Hole Road.
One victim, the driver, got out of the car and ran away. The second victim, a passenger, was pulled from the vehicle, assaulted multiple times and had her purse taken before the suspects fled south on Ritchie Highway.
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Responding officers located the suspect vehicle, but police said it immediately fled. The vehicle later lost control and crashed in the area of westbound Route 100 at the exit for Mountain Road.
Both suspects ran from the crash, but one was quickly arrested. Officers then set up a perimeter and found the second suspect with the help of a drone operator and a K9 unit.
Police said the white Toyota sedan was stolen and that one firearm was recovered from the vehicle.
One of the suspects was identified as Jammar Joseph West-Jones, an 18-year-old man from Baltimore.
The second suspect arrested was identified only as a 17-year-old boy from Pasadena.
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Now, both will face charges.
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