Sheriff Deputies Arrest 1988 Robbery Suspect

Upper Marlboro, MD… The Sheriff’s Warrant/Fugitive Division reported the arrest on Monday February 10, 2014, of Ronald Jefferies of Capitol Heights, MD on an arrest warrant for Robbery with a Deadly Weapon. The warrant was obtained by the County Police Department on July 8, 1988.

According to the warrant, on July 1, 1988, Jefferies allegedly attacked a male victim with a deadly weapon in an apartment in the 6200 block of 64^th Street in Riverdale Park, MD. After striking the victim with a blunt object to the head, the victim was tied-up and stabbed in the back. The warrant further states that Jefferies took several hundred dollars from the victim, along with his ATM card. The warrant also states that the victim was able to escape and identified Jeffries as his attacker.   

The Sheriff’s Cold Case Warrant Team’s investigative efforts led them to believe that Jefferies was in Capitol Heights, MD. He was apprehended in the 6200 block of Walker Mill Road Capitol Heights, MD., where he was taken into custody and transported to the Prince George's County Detention Center.

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