A 16-year-old boy has been arrested and charged armed robbery and carjacking after police say he robbed a man at gunpoint and then took of in his car outside of Arundel Mills Mall.
Officers were called to the 7000-block of Arundel Mills Circle at 1:17 p.m. Tuesday. The victim told police he was walking to his car when the suspect, later identified by police as Adrian Lamar Loney of Hanover, approached him armed with a handgun. Police say Loney demanded the victim empty his pockets and hand over his car keys. He then took off with an unknown amount of cash in the victim's Infiniti G35.
Police later found the car pulling into Meade High School on Annapolis Road. An officer tried to pull the car over but the driver jumped out and began running. Aviation units were called and officers set up a perimeter to try and find the suspect. Meade Middle School and High School were briefly placed on lockdown as a precaution.
Police later found Lamar and placed him under arrest. He was charged as an adult with a
rmed carjacking, armed robbery, first-degree assault, use of a handgun in the commission of a violent crime, handgun in vehicle, handgun on person, theft over $10,000, theft of a motor vehicle and drug charges.The incident remains under investigation.