On Dec. 23 at 9:08 p.m., officers responded to Mall Circle in Waldorf for the report of a theft that just occurred.
Witnesses said the suspect fled in a truck and provided a description. Officers spotted the suspect leaving the parking lot and attempted to initiate a traffic stop, but the driver refused to pull over.
Instead, the driver fled and was eventually stopped on St. Patrick’s Drive. Matthew Allan Prisen, 28, of Waldorf, was arrested without further incident.
Officers found numerous tools and a large amount of copper tubing in the bed of Prisen’s truck and determined they had been stolen. Officers were able to track down two victims who positively identified the items as theirs.
Prisen was transported to the Charles County Detention Center and charged with rogue and vagabond and theft. Sgt. S. Fetterolf is investigating.
