Three Additional Suspects Arrested in Connection with Rash of Carjackings in the District and Maryland

            WASHINGTON – Law enforcement this week executed search warrants at several homes in Washington D.C. and arrested three suspects in connection with a series of armed car jackings and vehicle thefts in the District of Columbia and Maryland.

            Elmer Bonilla, 22, was arrested on August 9 at his home in the Brightwood neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Christian Rodriguez, 19, of Hyattsville, Maryland, was also arrested on August 9 in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Dylan Giron, 22, was arrested August 12 by law enforcement at a relative’s home in Northwest Washington, D.C.  A detention hearing is scheduled for Bonilla, Rodriguez, and Giron for August 16, 2024.

            Earlier this year, on February 28, 2024, Gregory Giron, 20, of the Washington D.C.’s Crestwood neighborhood, was taken into custody by Baltimore County Police following a vehicle pursuit of Gregory Giron, who was driving a Toyota Corolla that had just been carjacked. He was initially charged with one count of carjacking the Toyota Corolla.

            On August 1, the four co-defendants were charged in a 16-count Superseding Indictment for the rash of offenses that occurred from December 12, 2023, to February 27, 2024, which include:

•            January 5, 2024, carjacking of a Hyundai Elantra on the 3900 block of Georgia Avenue NW;

•            January 16, 2024, auto theft of a 2023 Kia Sportage on Hanover Pike, in Reisterstown, MD;

•            January 23, 2024, armed carjacking of a 2019 Dodge Challenger on the 7500 block of Eastern Avenue NW;

•            January 23, 2024, armed carjacking of a 2016 Dodge Challenger, on the 1500 block of Decatur Street NW;

•            January 24, 2024, armed carjacking of a 2019 Dodge Charger on the 6400 block of Luzon Avenue, NW;

•            January 25, 2024, armed carjacking of a 2023 Honda Pilot on the 3200 block of P Street, NW;

•            January 25, 2024, armed carjacking, of a 2015 Infiniti Q50 on the 200 block of Pidco Road, Reisterstown, MD;

•            January 25, 2024 armed carjacking of a 2014 BMW 428i on the 5600 block of Sargeant Road, Hyattsville, MD

          During the execution of the search warrants this week at the co-defendents’ residences, law enforcement recovered ammunition, firearms, a bullet proof vest, cash, and imitation firearms.

            This is an ongoing investigation being handled by the FBI’s Washington Field Office with assistance from local law enforcement.

           A criminal complaint is merely an allegation and all defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

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