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A Maryland teen who allegedly broke into 121 cars successful a azygous nighttime was released wrong 5 hours of his apprehension and section authorities accidental they are furious due to the fact that the authorities considers the crimes to beryllium "lower level," truthful consequences are not expected.
The unidentified 16-year-old lad was arrested past week by the Laurel Police Department aft it received aggregate reports of break-ins connected May 4.
The crimes took spot successful Laurel and adjacent Howard County. Surveillance footage captured 3 teens roving astir successful a stolen car and smashing the windows of vehicles they came across, constabulary said.
"I person small anticipation determination volition beryllium further accountability for him owed to this breached system," Laurel Police Chief Russ Hamill told reporters. "Due to this spread successful interest for his safety, and the public’s safety."
A 16-year-old successful Maryland was released hours aft a wide car break-in spree, highlighting issues successful the juvenile strategy and raising questions astir accountability. (Laurel Police Department )
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At the teen suspect's home, authorities recovered astir 20 sets of car keys, recognition cards, and different grounds that linked him to the car break-ins, Hamill said.
Since the teen didn't person a transgression record, the authorities Department of Juvenile Services characterized the offenses arsenic lower-level crimes and allowed him to beryllium released, Hamill said.
"I would connection good implicit 100 cases successful 1 night, gives you a beauteous bully record," Hamill said. "These were not convulsive crimes, arsenic if that lessens the interaction connected those 121 victims."
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Laurel Police Chief Russ Hamill said helium has small anticipation that the teen volition beryllium held accountable for the crimes helium is accused of owed to the "broken system." (Laurel Police Department/Facebook)
"Yes, 5 hours aft we were astatine his house, helium was released backmost into the community, backmost into the situation that allowed him to beryllium retired roaming the streets successful each of these counties, precocious astatine nighttime and successful the aboriginal morning, doing these crimes to statesman with," helium added.
Two different teens person been identified arsenic the suspect's accomplices, Hamill said, adding that they were expected to beryllium arrested soon.
"People request to beryllium held accountable for this," helium said.
The nighttime aft the teen was released, determination were reports of 17 car break-ins, Hamill said, though helium stopped abbreviated of blaming them connected the suspect.
A 16-year-old fishy is accused of breaking into 121 cars successful a azygous night, constabulary said. (Kurt "CyberGuy" Knutsson)
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"We’re not going to laic each theft from car successful the portion connected him and his group, but I volition enactment we had 17 the adjacent night," Hamill said.
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