Wheaton carjacking suspects arrested

Montgomery County police have arrested two suspects in the New Year's Eve armed carjacking that took place around 3:27 PM in the 11100 block of Veirs Mill Road in Wheaton. Officers located the stolen vehicle less than twenty minutes later, in the area of Columbia Pike and Greencastle Road. The two suspects were pulled over, and arrested without incident. A replica handgun was retrieved on the scene of the traffic stop.

The two suspects in custody are Eric Ebryma Jeng, age 24, of the 12900 block of Winterthur Lane in Silver Spring, and Tabatha Samantha Frampton, age 23, of the unit block of R Street, NE, Washington, DC.  Anyone who has additional information about this incident is asked to call the Major Crimes Division at 240-773-5100.

Wheaton carjacking suspect arrested (Photo)

The alleged perpetrator of a brazen carjacking in Wheaton Monday night is now behind bars. Montgomery County Police responded to a report of an armed carjacking around 9:00 PM that night at the W Express gas station at 2204 University Boulevard West.

A woman was fueling her 2011 Toyota RAV 4 at the gas pumps when she was allegedly accosted by the suspect, Anthony Eugene Shade, 41, of Oxon Hill. Police say Shade gestured that he had a weapon in his pocket and verbally threatened harm to the victim unless she handed over her car keys. The victim complied, and went into the gas station to call 911 as Shade allegedly fled in the RAV 4.

Police spotted the stolen vehicle about 20 minutes later, traveling southbound on New Hampshire Avenue at University Boulevard East. Shade declined to pull over, and a pursuit began. Officers chased Shade all the way into Arlington County, where he proceeded to crash into another vehicle at the intersection of Lee Highway and North Highland Street.

Shade was taken into custody by Arlington County police, and is awaiting extradition to Montgomery County. He was treated at a local hospital for injuries he sustained in the wreck. The Wheaton victim was not injured, but no details were released on the occupants of the vehicle Shade collided with in Arlington.

WHEATON KIDNAPPING, CARJACKING CAUGHT ON VIDEO

A man's car was stolen at a Wheaton gas station around 6:00 PM Saturday, January 25. One bigger problem: his 5-year-old son was inside the car at the time, at the Exxon at University Boulevard and Georgia Avenue.

Dewitt Mathews, who thought he had locked his car doors, saw his Nissan Maxima being driven away from inside the station's convenience store. Fortunately, the driver abandoned the vehicle across the street. Mathews' son was found unharmed inside, and suspect Christian Arias - a Silver Spring resident - is in custody, and facing serious charges and a lengthy prison term if found guilty.

ABC 7 has video of the bold-but-brief crime, and the panicked scene inside the convenience store.