Defendant Found Guilty of Felony Armed Robbery; Sentencing Scheduled for March 9, 2012 - News Release

NEWS RELEASE
City of Takoma Park Police Department
● 7500 Maple Avenue ● Takoma Park, Md 20912


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Public Information Officer (PIO)
Catherine Plevy, 301/891.7142 or 240/338.2901


January 24, 2012 (1:00 p.m.)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Chief Ronald A. Ricucci of the Takoma Park Police Department announces that Terry Phillip Blaine, 45, of Hyattsville, Maryland, was found guilty of felony armed robbery in the Circuit Court of Montgomery County after three hours of deliberation by the jury. Sentencing is scheduled for March 9, 2012.

On July 16, 2011, at 4:39 p.m., Takoma Park Police responded to the 200 block of Philadelphia Avenue for the report of a robbery that had just occurred. The victim had finished shopping and was sitting in her vehicle closing the door when she was approached by a male who pulled the door open. The victim was pinned against the driver’s seat by the suspect who told her several times to be quiet. The suspect then grabbed the victim’s bag and ran back to his vehicle – a red Ford truck with a silver strip. The suspect then fled the scene down Sycamore Avenue away from the victim. A witness to the incident was able to provide a vehicle tag number of the suspect’s vehicle. Takoma Park Police ran the tag number and retrieved information about the owner of the vehicle as well as a photograph. The witness and victim identified the suspect. A review of the store surveillance also confirmed the suspect’s identity.

Takoma Park Police applied for and received an arrest warrant for the suspect and his vehicle was entered as a felony vehicle in the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) database.

On July 18, 2011, the suspect, identified as Terry Phillip Blaine, arrived at the Takoma Park Police station and turned himself in on the active Takoma Park Police warrant. Blaine was arrested and transported to the Montgomery County Central Processing Unit, without incident.