DATE: July 8, 2020
CONTACT:
Janelle Love
Media Relations Office
(301) 609-6538 or (301) 848-4799
Officers Identify and Arrest Suspects in Connection with Armed Robbery and Carjacking: Charles County Sheriff’s officers have arrested suspects in connection with an armed robbery and a carjacking, which took place on July 1 and July 6 in Waldorf. The details of the cases are as follows:
Mckie, Brandon Elijah
On July 1 at approximately 11:15 a.m., the suspect exited a silver Ford Escape in front of a restaurant in Waldorf. He pointed a black handgun at two victims, stole property, and fled in the Escape. He used the victim’s credit card at a bank shortly thereafter.
On July 6 at approximately 6:10 p.m., an unknown male and an accomplice carjacked a woman in the 1100 block of Mall Circle in Waldorf. The male suspect fled the scene in a silver Ford Escape and the accomplice fled in the victim’s vehicle. The vehicle description and physical description of the male matched the suspect in the robbery on July 1.
Through their investigation, Detective J. Smith and PFC E. McGill identified Brandon Elijah Mckie, 21, of Upper Marlboro, as a suspect. In the early morning hours of July 8, troopers with the Maryland State Police located the vehicle stolen in the carjacking. Suspect Brandon Mckie and three juvenile females occupied the vehicle. Mckie was arrested and charged with robbery, assault, carjacking, and related charges. One of the females in the vehicle, Alexis Mariah Hill, 16, of Suitland, was arrested and charged with carjacking.
This investigation is ongoing. Anyone with additional information is asked to call Detective J. Smith at (301) 609-6479. Tipsters wishing to remain anonymous may contact Charles County Crime Solvers by calling 1-866-411-TIPS. Tips can also be submitted online at www.charlescountycrimesolvers.com or by using the P3Intel mobile app.
The Charles County Sheriff’s Office is a full-service law enforcement agency comprised of more than 600 police, corrections and civilian personnel responsible for protecting more than 150,000 residents. The CCSO was accredited by the Commission on the Accreditation of Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) in 2001 has been designated as a CALEA Gold Standard of Excellence agency since 2011. Established in 1658, the CCSO is one of the oldest law enforcement agencies in the United States. For more information, visit www.ccso.us.
Charles County Crime Solvers offers rewards of up to $1,000 for information that leads to the arrest or indictment of a person responsible for a crime in Charles County. All individuals who provide tips through Crime Solvers will remain anonymous. Anyone with information about an unsolved crime or the location of a fugitive may contact Charles County Crime Solvers by calling 1-866-411-TIPS. Tips can also be submitted online at www.charlescountycrimesolvers.com or by using the P3Intel mobile app, which can be found in the Android Store and Apple store by searching P3tips. For more information about the P3 program, click on this link: www.p3intel.com.
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