Suspect carjacks driver on Central Avenue, victim escapes safely
A driver was carjacked in the 5100 block of Central Avenue and escaped safely after a brief encounter inside the vehicle.
A Prince George’s County driver was left shaken after a carjacking on Central Avenue turned into a brief, frightening ride through one of the county’s busiest corridors. Police said the suspect got into the victim’s vehicle while the victim was still inside, then drove off with the car after the victim managed to get out safely.
The reported carjacking happened about 5:30 p.m. on June 11 in the 5100 block of Central Avenue, a stretch that carries steady local and through traffic through Prince George’s County, Maryland. Police did not release identifying information about the suspect, and the victim did not appear to have been hurt.
Even without an injury, the sequence underscored how quickly a routine stop can turn into an abduction-like encounter. The victim and suspect were together in the car only a short time before the victim got out safely, leaving police with a fast-moving investigation and a stolen vehicle to track.
Prince George’s County police have long treated carjackings as a specialized enforcement problem. The department’s Strategic Investigations Division includes a Carjacking Interdiction Unit that investigates all armed and unarmed carjackings in the county, a sign of how seriously officials view the crime’s impact on daily life.
County crime pages also show how police track those cases. The Prince George’s County Police Department says its open-data portal includes crime incidents from February 2017 to the present, while noting that the published figures do not represent every call for service handled by the department. That distinction matters in a county where residents often judge safety not just by the numbers, but by how visible and disruptive a crime feels on a major road like Central Avenue.
The June 11 case also fits into a wider county pattern that has kept carjackings in the public eye. WTOP reported on Jan. 10, 2025, that carjackings in Prince George’s County dropped for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. WJLA reported in 2025 that overall crime fell in 2024, but youth crime and carjackings remained a concern. Together, those trends show why this Central Avenue carjacking landed so hard: even as some crime indicators improve, a single daylight attack can still rattle a corridor and draw immediate police attention.
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