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A 19-year-old Washington, DC, man and a minor have been charged in reference to a break-in last November of a US Secret Service automobile utilized by the element assigned to President Joe Biden’s granddaughter Naomi Biden.
The Secret Service arrested Robert Kemp, 19, earlier this month and later additionally charged the minor.
“On Feb. 7, the U.S. Secret Service arrested an grownup male in reference to this incident. The person was charged with unauthorized use of a automobile and theft from auto,” the company stated in an announcement. “On Feb. 19, a second suspect on this case, a juvenile male, was charged by the U.S. Secret Service after he was arrested by DC Metropolitan police division throughout an unrelated incident on Feb 18.”
Kemp was launched from custody and is ready to subsequent seem in courtroom on February 29. CNN has reached out to his legal professional for remark.
CNN previously reported that one of many Secret Service brokers fired on the suspects simply earlier than midnight on November 12, within the metropolis’s Georgetown neighborhood, because the suspects have been allegedly making an attempt to interrupt into the parked and unoccupied US authorities automobile, in accordance with the Secret Service. No person was struck throughout the incident.
A supply acquainted with the matter confirmed to CNN on the time that the agent concerned was assigned to Naomi Biden’s element.
The evening of the incident, the suspects’ getaway automobile, a purple Toyota four-door sedan, began to reverse towards one of many brokers, virtually putting him, in accordance with courtroom paperwork. The agent “discharged his firearm,” and the suspects fled the scene, the paperwork stated.
The getaway automobile, which was stolen, in accordance with courtroom paperwork, was discovered days later by a DC patrol officer. A number of gadgets have been discovered contained in the automobile that had been taken from the Secret Service automobile, together with a police vest, night-vision goggles and first support gear, in accordance with courtroom paperwork.
Kemp’s theft cost is said to these Secret Service gadgets discovered within the automobile, and the unauthorized use of a automobile cost is said to the stolen automobile, in accordance with the courtroom paperwork.
Police used fingerprints from a McDonald’s receipt and a paper bag discovered within the stolen automobile to establish the 2 suspects, courtroom paperwork stated.
Investigators, in accordance with the paperwork, used a court-ordered GPS monitor worn by the youthful suspect to put him on the scene of the break-in of the Secret Service automobile.