MDTA POLICE RECOVER STOLEN AUTO VALUED AT $33,000
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Jan. 15, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD - Together with members of the Baltimore Regional Auto Theft Task Force, Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) Police detectives yesterday located and recovered a 2014 BMW model X5 SUV that was stolen on Jan.12 in Anne Arundel County from the AVIS Rental Car facility at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport.
"We appreciate our continued and successful partnership with the Baltimore Regional Auto Theft Task Force," said MDTA Police Chief Colonel Jerry Jones. "Working together with our law-enforcement partners in the region helps us reduce crime throughout Maryland."
Police recovered the BMW on Loch Raven Boulevard in Baltimore. Timothy Michael Lynn of Brooklyn, Md., was operating the vehicle and was apprehended without incident. Detectives charged Lynn with Unlawful taking of a motor vehicle, Theft from $10,000 - under $100,000, Unlawful removal of property and Rogue and vagabond. He currently is being held at the Anne Arundel County Detention Center on $15,000 bail. The investigation is ongoing.
The Baltimore Regional Auto Theft Task Force is a multi-agency/jurisdictional effort to reduce auto theft and associated crimes in the Baltimore metropolitan area. The task force is comprised of State and local law-enforcement agencies from the region.
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