Two suspects have been arrested in connection with the break-in of a Secret Service vehicle parked in the Washington, D.C., suburb of President Biden’s granddaughter’s home, according to court documents and federal law enforcement.
19-year-old Robert Kemp and the unnamed boy were arrested after a Secret Service investigation into an incident that occurred in November 2023 in the popular Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C., where Naomi Biden lives and is under Secret Service protection. , was taken into custody earlier this month.
Kemp was charged with unauthorized use of a vehicle and theft of a motor vehicle, according to the Secret Service.
However, a filing with the Superior Court of the District of Columbia listed only the unauthorized use of a vehicle charge related to the stolen Toyota Corolla used as the getaway car, and Kemp was released the next day. His February 7th arrest.
During the brazen robbery, Kemp stole at least $1,000 from a black Ford Expedition “used by members of the first family,” including a police vest, night vision goggles, a portable router and chemical sticks, according to the Secret Service. It is said that the equipment was taken away. in the affidavit.
On the night of Nov. 12, 2023, Secret Service agents assigned to Naomi Biden’s detail approached one of the government vehicles and saw “a black male with his legs dangling out of the broken driver-side rear window. observed.” According to the complaint, the suspect identified himself as “the police.”
The suspect then jumped into the getaway vehicle and the driver backed the vehicle, nearly hitting the agent, who fired shots into the vehicle during the incident, documents state.
A Secret Service spokesperson said in November that “no one appears to have been hit” by the agents’ bullets.
The juvenile suspect, a 14-year-old male, believed to have been involved in the break-in was arrested last Friday and charged with three counts of armed carjacking unrelated to the Georgetown crime. According to the Washington Post.Â
The affidavit states that a Secret Service investigation determined that the juvenile suspect was wearing a court-ordered GPS tracking device and was in Naomi Biden’s Georgetown neighborhood at the time of the break-in.
The young man’s fingerprints, as well as Kemp’s, were also found on a McDonald’s receipt and a bag found in the recovered getaway car.
In this country’s capital, sharp rise Carjackings and vehicle thefts have been occurring one after another since last year. In 2023, DC police received reports of over 900 carjackings and over 6,000 stolen vehicles.
The crime wave is also affecting members of Congress.
Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) was carjacked at gunpoint by three armed assailants near the Capitol last October.
