College Park Woods, MD

<<On the night of Tuesday, June 9th, approximately 9:45 p.m., . . . I heard a very distinct noise that seemed to sound like a pack of firecrackers exploding as it sounded very very close to our house.  As I proceeded out towards the front of our house, . . . I was able to pretty much confirm the use of firecrackers as I was able to detect the distinct smell of the aftermath of firecrackers as I approached the lower part of our neighbor’s driveway a few minutes after the incident.  The following day, my neighbor directly across the street brought this late-night incident up to me as they too were wondering if we had heard what they did as well.

 

<<On the following night of June 10th, also approximately 9:45 p.m., . . . I heard the sound of rapid … very heavy banging … clearly right at our front screen door. . . I witnessed flames more than a foot high just right outside of our front screen door.  As I quickly approached the front door to deal with the fire from possibly spreading, I also heard a car starting to pull away from in front of our property.  As I exited the house onto the sidewalk, I was able to clearly see the tail light configuration as the car pulled off going up the street north-bound. . . . after making sure the fire was completely out, I quickly proceeded in one of our vehicles [and] was able intercept this car . . . [a] 4-door [gray] late model BMW. . . Maryland Tags 8EW T90.   I believe the car model was even a 535i. . . I was able to catch a significant side profile of the driver as I flipped my High beams on . . . . Eventually I was able to even clearly see another young early to at least mid 20’s Caucasian male in the front right passenger . . . . In total, there were 4 occupants . . . .

 

<< . . . all the information that is included in this email has been previously disclosed to PG County Police Department with Officer Lanahan (sic?) and Officer Johnson . . . .

 

<<Prior to these two successive night-time incidents, there has never been any significant incident at this house beyond a break-in back in 1967, a year after moving into the neighborhood over 43 years ago.  This also  includes the fact that we have not had a missing UPS package as the case is now in any of our recent or long term recollection of our memories . . . . >>

 

Please be on the alert, and if you have any information that might help solve this case, report it to the police at 301-333-4000.