Second Arrest Made in Armed Carjacking

            LA PLATA (Jan. 2, 2008) --- The Charles County Sheriff’s Office has identified the second suspect involved in an armed carjacking in La Plata on Dec. 27.

Major Crimes Unit detectives obtained an arrest warrant for Delante Jerome Arrington, 17, of Washington, D.C., on Dec. 29, charging him as an adult with armed carjacking and other felonies. The warrant will be served once Arrington is released from a facility in another jurisdiction, where he is being held as a juvenile for an unrelated incident.

The investigation began on Dec. 27 at 4:45 a.m., when Charles County Sheriff’s officers responded to Dash In located at 6305 Crain Highway in La Plata for the report of the armed carjacking. Investigation revealed two male suspects approached a 46-year-old Hughesville woman, brandished a handgun and demanded her property. The suspects then stole her vehicle and fled the scene.

Officers found the vehicle and attempted to stop it but the suspects fled at a high rate of speed. The suspects did not stop until shortly after three of the vehicle’s tires were deflated by stop sticks. Both suspects fled on foot into the woods.

Sheriff’s officers, a K9 team and a Maryland State Police helicopter searched the area and located one of the suspects, the passenger, Dujuan Terez Hailstocks, 19, of Washington, D.C. Hailstocks was arrested charged with armed robbery, armed carjacking, first-degree assault, theft and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. He was being held at the Charles County Detention Center on a $500,000 bond. The weapon was also recovered in the area where the suspects fled.

Detectives continued the investigation and identified the driver of the vehicle as Arrington. Det. J. Elliott investigated.