Upper
Marlboro, MD…The Prince George’s County Office of
the Sheriff’s Warrant/ Fugitive Division has arrested Bernard Matthews of Lanham,
MD on an arrest warrant for First Degree Assault. The warrant was obtained by
the Prince George’s County Police Department on July 15, 2014.
According to the warrant, on July 8, 2014, Matthews approached
a gas station located in the 10000 block of Greenbelt Road in Greenbelt, MD and
observed a General Motors Company (GMC) Envoy engine being stored behind the gas
station. Matthews walked across the
street and shortly returned to the gas station driving a Sports Utility Vehicle
in which he parked behind the store and took the Envoy engine before driving
away. The warrant further states, that Matthews returned to the gas station later
that afternoon and approached employees with a box cutter while demanding
access to the store’s Closed Circuit Surveillance Video. The employees advised
Matthews that they didn’t have access to the video and he fled prior to the
police’s arrival.
On July 15, 2014, Warrant/ Fugitive deputies
received the arrest warrant for Matthews and began an investigation into his
whereabouts. On the same day, deputies located Matthews in the Emergency Room
of a local hospital where he was treated and released for an unrelated medical
concern. Matthews was taken into custody
without incident and transported to the Prince George’s County Department of
Corrections.
Matthews is also charged with an additional count of
First Degree Assault and Theft: $1,000 to under $10,000.
For
more information contact the Communications and Public Affairs Division at
301-780-7354.
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