A 38-year-old man is facing a carjacking charge after Baltimore police say he pulled a gun on a 22-year-old victim, demanded his scooter and assaulted him when he tried to run. Officers arrested the suspect nine days later while he was still in possession of the scooter, and he was booked into the Central Booking Intake Facility.
The confrontation happened around 12:30 a.m. on September 20 in the 700 block of North Milton Avenue, according to WBFF. The victim told police that a man approached him, pulled out a gun and demanded his scooter, and when he attempted to flee, the suspect assaulted him.
Suspect Caught With the Scooter Days Later
Authorities arrested the man on September 29, still in possession of the scooter he allegedly stole at gunpoint, per the station's report. He was taken to the Central Booking Intake Facility, where he was formally charged with carjacking. The report also notes the suspect was found with a gun after the armed carjacking, though further details on that firearm were not provided.
Under Maryland law, a violation of the state's carjacking statute rises to armed carjacking when a dangerous weapon is displayed or used during the offense, according to excerpted language from the Maryland General Assembly. The suspect's name, formal charging documents, bond status and any additional charges have not been released.
Part of a Broader Pattern of Scooter-Related Robberies
This is not the first time Baltimore police have tied gunpoint robberies to stolen scooters and mopeds. In a separate case, a 23-year-old man was arrested after allegedly carjacking a moped in south Baltimore; police said they identified the suspect as Dontay Friday and arrested him while he was riding the stolen moped, according to WBFF. Friday was transported to Central Booking and charged with armed carjacking, armed robbery and handgun violations.
Scooter and moped robberies have drawn sustained police attention in Baltimore in recent years. The Baltimore Police Department said it was investigating 19 reported incidents of scooter-related robberies and carjackings as of late September 2024, according to a statement from the Baltimore Police Department. During a mid-September enforcement push that year, officers issued 42 traffic citations and towed 25 illegal scooters, with two people arrested in connection with scooter-related robberies at that time.
Citywide Carjackings Down, But Still a Persistent Threat
Despite individual incidents like this one, the department's data points to an overall decline. Carjackings dropped 37% in 2025 compared to the prior year, according to the Baltimore Police Department's year-end report. Still, carjacking cases in Baltimore have ranged from opportunistic street robberies to organized operations; officials described a nine-member crew linked to a spree that included a homicide, 21 robberies, six carjackings, two aggravated assaults and nine auto thefts stretching across Baltimore and Howard counties over nearly two months, as reported by The Baltimore Banner. Investigators in that case said the group typically struck between 2 a.m. and 7:30 a.m. and secured at least 100 search warrants, seizing seven handguns; as of June, eight of the nine alleged members had been arrested with one still at large.
The Milton Avenue case remains an isolated incident by comparison, with police so far describing only the single victim and suspect. No additional details on the victim's condition or the investigation's next steps have been released.
