Police in Washington, D.C., arrested two suspects on suspicion of breaking into a parked Secret Service vehicle being used by President Joe Biden's adult granddaughter Naomi in November 2023 and fleeing in a getaway vehicle. The Washington Post reported Wednesday.
Robert Kemp, 19, of Northwest Washington, and an unnamed 14-year-old boy were identified by police who found the suspect's abandoned getaway car and used fingerprints on items inside the vehicle. He was later reported to have been arrested. report.
The suspects allegedly took protective vests, night vision goggles, a first aid bag and a computer router from the Secret Service vehicle, which also contained McDonald's bags and grocery receipts. Both suspects' fingerprints were on stolen items, and Kemp's fingerprints were on a grocery receipt, the report said.
The Secret Service vehicle break-in occurred in front of a residence in Georgetown on November 12, 2023. Two Secret Service agents reportedly saw the suspect's getaway car parked near the Secret Service vehicle before the break-in, and then saw a leg sticking out of the Secret Service vehicle's broken window.
Investigators yelled “police” at the suspects, and the suspects fled into a getaway vehicle, the report said. One of the agents reportedly fired shots at the suspects' getaway vehicle, but the vehicle narrowly escaped as the suspects fled, but the bullets did not hit anyone. (Related: Blue Cities proposal to combat spike in violent crime doesn't go far enough, critics say)
A man and a 14-year-old boy have been arrested in connection with the November break-in of a Secret Service vehicle used by President Biden's granddaughter that was parked outside a Georgetown mansion, authorities and court documents said.https://t.co/6HY4g1lsHr
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) February 21, 2024
Kemp was reportedly arrested on February 7 on charges of theft and unauthorized use of a vehicle. He has since been released and will face a court hearing on February 29, although further charges may follow.
The boy was reportedly arrested last Friday and charged with robbing three rideshare drivers at gunpoint between mid-January and early February, and later being involved in breaking into a Secret Service vehicle. It is said that he did. He was wearing an electronic tag at the time of the break-in, and the tag indicated he was in the area on the day of the break-in, the report said.
In Washington, D.C., violent crimes jumped nearly 40%, from 3,850 in 2022 to 5,336 in 2023. according to “Preliminary” statistics from the city’s Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). According to Metropolitan Police Department statistics, there were more robberies in 2024 (340 documented incidents) than in all of 2023 (329). Statistics show that property crimes in the city in 2024 (3,470 documented incidents) are almost the same as the total number of property crimes in 2023 (3,908).
