Crime & Safety
Greenbelt Police K9s Help Nab Robbers
Police dogs help identify suspects in robbery Wednesday.
A Greenbelt police K9 unit helped track two suspects who were involved in a robbery Wednesday on Cherrywood Court.
Police responded a call on the 6000 block of Cherrywood Court around 9:48 p.m. , according to the Greenbelt Police Department.
The K9 unit on scene tracked the suspects and located them a few blocks away, police said.
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Jaquawn Emanuel Giovanni King, 19, and Charles Williams Johnson, Jr., 20, both of the 5900 block of Cherrywood Lane were arrested and charged with armed robbery, strong-armed robbery and first degree assault, in addition to a number of other charges.
Both suspects were released to the county's Department of Corrections in Hyattsville for a hearing.
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