ANNAPOLIS, Md. – On Nov. 24, 10:15 p.m., an adult female victim discovered her purse had been stolen while she was inside a restaurant on Sixth Street, Annapolis. She immediately went to check on her vehicle parked outside and discovered it had been stolen. Officers searched for the vehicle and located it at 11:45 p.m. in the unit block of Bens Dr. Officers saw a male suspect standing next to the driver’s door, but the man walked away while officers were exiting their vehicles.
Officers stopped the man, identified as Pedro Nguyen, 35, of Annapolis, and located the vehicle keys and contents of the stolen purse along the path Nguyen had taken upon leaving the vehicle. When officers contacted the victim about her vehicle’s recovery she reported that her stolen credit card had been used at an area business.
Officers discovered Nguyen used the victim’s stolen credit card before officers located him. Nguyen was arrested and charged with motor vehicle theft, theft, theft of credit card, fraudulent use of a credit card and false statement, for giving officers a false name during booking.
Nguyen had three active warrants for his arrest.