Police search for car burglary suspects near Patriot Lane, Columbia MD
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According to the dispatch call, police responded to reports of two individuals attempting to enter vehicles near Patriot Lane and Raccoon Court in Columbia, Maryland. The suspects fled from a Kia Optima, prompting a search using a K-9 unit and a drone. Officers reviewed residential security footage showing the suspects checking car doors before fleeing into nearby woods.
Audio|Heard on: Howard MD Law Dispatch Group Calls
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Transcript:
00:00
David 31 got two running on Raccoon Court, right across the street from Patriot Lane.
00:04
Copy tag Maryland (number withheld).
00:09
I'll be (number withheld).
00:14
Are you pursuing him?
00:16
David 31.
00:18
Go ahead.
00:20
Were you able to copy that tag?
00:23
Yeah, I got it.
00:24
Comes back on a Kia Optima.
00:26
Ten four, what's 29?
00:29
Negative.
00:31
Ten four, can we go ahead and find a phone number for that? It's got to pop the initial.
00:36
Okay, and you're not pursuing this subject?
00:39
Negative, if you start K-9 to me.
00:42
Available K-9.
00:44
Dispatch K9-14.
00:47
Yeah, 14.
00:48
K-914, can you start to the area of Patriot Lane? I had two running.
00:55
No.
00:56
David 21 and 31, about the pull-up.
00:58
What was their last direction of travel?
01:02
The court just south of Raccoon Court, go there.
01:07
Tapboard, he had their description on it.
01:11
The one with a white hoodie had a face covering on, I couldn't really see.
01:17
But it was white hoodie and dark pants.
01:19
The other one took off into the woods before I could see him.
01:22
Tapboard.
01:25
David 41, that next court down is going to be Slipper Court.
01:29
And if we can get a responding unit to head over to Summer Hollow Lane, start roaming in the area of that and Broken Timber.
01:40
Correct.
01:42
1211, I'm in the area.
01:45
In the K-9.
01:50
K-9.
01:52
Hey brother, come straight to where my car is.
01:54
I got a starting point here.
01:57
I got you.
01:59
They've started going to the David unit.
02:01
It's just for your 43.
02:03
Once they dip down into the woods here, I stopped hearing movement.
02:05
There's a chance he might have bedded down.
02:09
21 direct, I'm on.
02:10
Just let the court shot there.
02:14
David 41, that being said, if we can get a unit to sit stationary at the back of Bright Dawn Court off of Summer Hollow.
02:24
David 10, can you also start a drone?
02:27
Any available drones? I'm on scene with a drone.
02:30
Correct. David 21 to David 41, come to my location for a visual observer.
02:35
Over.
02:37
David units, we have another witness on the line.
02:39
He's got ring camera footage of the suspect.
02:44
Is that video from after I was located?
02:49
Verification, after I located him and they took off running.
02:51
Is it ring footage from Matt or from them trying to break into cars?
02:55
Okay,
02:57
it's just ring footage of them checking car doors.
03:00
Ten four. Can we just get his info in the call? He's not going to be useful right now.
03:05
Yes, that's right.
03:06
His number's in there.
03:08
Thank you.
03:10
And three one, just for your 43, we can't find a phone number for the registered owner.
03:14
They have an address out of Silver Spring.
03:18
Ten four. Can we go ahead and get a county officer to go by and see if we can make contact?
03:25
That's right.
03:27
Okay, Lieutenant, I'm in the area.
03:28
I'll make checks off of some of how it all ain't.
03:31
Direct these are ten.
03:33
Yeah, we'll check them out.
03:36
Direct four nine? Throwing us up.
03:38
Throwing us up is four nine?
03:41
David 2141.
03:44
Good.
03:47
Just confirming this is a separate vehicle other than the original caller's vehicle and his birth number too.
03:55
Ten four.
03:56
We got the caller's vehicle and then we have the Kia that they bailed out of.
04:02
Ten four, I'll meet with her after.
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Location mentioned:
Patriot Ln, Columbia, MD 21045
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