First Degree Assault Suspect Arrested #PGSO

Warrant/Fugitive Division Felony Arrest Report

Upper Marlboro, MD…The Sheriff’s Office Warrant/Fugitive Division reported the following felony arrests:

First Degree Assault Suspect Arrested

Sheriff’s Deputies arrested Trayona Cunningham of Falls Church, VA on an arrest warrant for First Degree Assault obtained by County Police on February 23, 2016.

According to the warrant, on January 13, 2016, Cunningham was in the 1900 block of Brooks Drive in District Heights, MD where she and 3 accomplices approached two individuals in an apartment building stairwell, one with whom Cunningham had previously been friends. The warrant further states that one of the accomplices pulled out a gun and held it to the throat of one of the victims and demanded money and drugs, while a second accomplice pulled out and pointed a gun at the second victim. As the victims backed away in an attempt to get back into their apartment, Cunningham and the other suspects allegedly forced their way into the apartment and fought with the victims, while a person inside the apartment told them that the police had been contacted. Cunningham and the other suspects fled the apartment.

Upon receipt of the warrant the deputies’ investigation led them to an address in the 500 block of Roosevelt Boulevard in Falls Church, VA.  Deputies contacted the Fairfax County Police in an attempt to locate Cunningham and on March 8^th they notified deputies that she was in custody awaiting extradition. Prince George’s County Police Detectives were notified.

Cunningham is also charged with three additional counts of First Degree Assault, two counts of Armed Robbery, First Degree Attempted Burglary, and Malicious Destruction of Property

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