Members of the Fairfax County Police Department’s Tysons Urban Team on March 12 arrested two Maryland residents and recovered a stolen car and stolen firearm.
Officers received an alert from a Flock Safety license-plate reader that a stolen 2018 BMW X5 was in the area. After verifying the car still was stolen, officers found the parked BMW. Police saw a man and a woman return to the car and took them into custody.
Police allegedly found the 27-year-old Maryland man in possession of a stolen firearm with a loaded high-capacity magazine. Authorities have charged him with receiving stolen property, larceny of a firearm, possession of Schedule I/II narcotics, possession of Schedule I/II narcotics while in possession of a firearm, carrying a concealed weapon without a permit, three counts of credit-card theft, three counts of identity theft and six counts of possession of fictitious driver’s licenses.
Authorities have charged the 26-year-old Maryland woman with receiving stolen property, two counts of credit-card theft, two counts of identity theft and possession of a fictitious driver’s license.
Both have been released on bond, police said.
