Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department's Seventh District announce arrests have been made in reference to an Armed Robbery (Gun) and Theft offenses that occurred in the Seventh District.
- Armed Robbery (Gun): On Tuesday, December 7, 2021, at approximately 9:50 am, the the suspect exited a vehicle and approached the victim in the 3700 block of Martin Luther King Jr Avenue, Southeast. The suspect brandished a handgun and demanded the victim’s property. The victim complied. The suspect took the property then fled the scene. A second suspect was the driver of the vehicle. CCN: 21-178-462
- Theft One: On Tuesday, December 7, 2021, at approximately 11:00 am, the suspects entered a construction site in the 2300 block of Pomeroy Road, Southeast. The suspects took property then fled the scene. CCN: 21-178-938
- Theft One (From Auto): On Wednesday, December 8, 2021, between 11:00 am and 1:00pm, the suspects forcibly entered a vehicle in the 300 block of 4th Street, Northeast. The suspects took property then fled the scene. CCN: 21-179-065
On Wednesday, December 8, 2021, 38 year-old Mark Steward, of Northeast, DC, was arrested and charged with Armed Robbery (Gun), Unlawful Possession of a Firearm, Possession of Unregistered Firearm, Unlawful Possession of Ammunition, Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device, Unauthorized Use of a Vehicle, Theft One (From Auto), and Theft One.
Additionally, 29 year-old Kelvin Brooks, of Northeast, DC, was arrested and charged with Armed Robbery (Gun), Possession of Unregistered Firearm, Unlawful Possession of Ammunition, Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device, Theft One (From Auto), and Theft One.
At the time of these arrests, two handguns were recovered by MPD officers.