Sheriff’s office: Burglar seriously injured after robbing pawn shop, crashing car in Charles County

CHARLES COUNTY, Md. (DC News Now) — The Charles County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) said a burglary at a pawn shop ended with one of the burglars crashing a car and being flown to a hospital.

On Friday around 3:39 a.m., officers headed to the 2200 block of Crain Hwy. in Waldorf for a report of an ongoing burglary. CCSO said a car had rammed into the back door of the pawn shop and at least three suspects got out and burgled the store.

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When officers arrived, they saw two cars getting away. They lost sight of one of the cars but tried to stop the other one. That driver refused to stop, and officers lost sight of the car until they saw sparks and a downed telephone pole near the intersection of Livingston Road and Route 210.

An officer headed to the area and saw the car had crashed. The driver was flown to a hospital with serious injuries.

CCSO said several guns were stolen from the shop.

Anyone with information is asked to call (301) 609-5892.

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