Virginia man charged with Rockville carjacking

Wednesday, April 26, 2006

by Liza Gutierrez

Staff Writer

County police say a Germantown resident was carjacked in Rockville last week.

At about 6:45 p.m. April 18, a 33-year-old man was driving his Toyota 4-Runner out of a business parking lot in the 9900 block of Blackwell Road in Rockville when he stopped to allow 18-year-old Michael William Kennedy to pass in front of his car.

Kennedy, of Centerville, Va., approached the victim’s driver’s side window and claimed to have a gun, police said. He told the victim to get out of the vehicle and allowed him to remove his personal property before Kennedy drove away.

No gun was ever displayed and there were no injuries, police reported.

The teenager turned himself in at a Fairfax County police station less than four hours later, police said. After Fairfax police confirmed the incident with Montgomery County robbery detectives, Kennedy was taken into custody and held at the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center as a fugitive from justice, police reported.

He was returned to Montgomery County on Friday, where he was charged with armed carjacking, carjacking and theft over $500.

He was released the next day on $30,000 bond.