Detectives identify suspect in multiple carjackings and obtain arrest warrant / Suspect located and arrested: On May 31 at 7:30 a.m., patrol officers responded to the 11900 block of Acton Lane in Waldorf for the report of a theft in which a suspect stole a large screen TV. While officers were investigating, they canvassed the area and observed the suspect vehicle parked at a nearby business. Officers attempted to stop the car, but the driver fled. The driver refused to pull over and subsequently crashed on Billingsley Road near a gas station, causing the vehicle to overturn. The suspect exited the vehicle and attempted to carjack one person but fled the scene and successfully carjacked another vehicle at a nearby business. Neither victim was injured.      

Detectives from the Criminal Investigations responded and learned that the initial car in which the driver fled from on Acton Lane had been carjacked from a different county on May 19 and that the victim in that case suffered serious injuries. Upon further investigation, detectives developed the identity of the driver, John Michael Stoddard, 22, of Fort Washington, and a second suspect, Jazmine Detwaina Catlett, age 37, of Clinton, who was involved in the initial theft.

Detectives applied for arrest warrants via the district court commissioner for both suspects; however, only the driver was issued an arrest warrant. Catlett was issued a summons to appear in court. Stoddard was arrested on June 5 in a different county and will be returned to Charles County, where he will be charged with carjacking, theft, assault, and other related charges. Detective Logsdon is investigating.