MPD Arrests Suspect in Quarles St. Carjacking

DC Metropolitan Police

The Metropolitan Police Department announces the arrest of a suspect who took a teenager’s moped at gunpoint in Northeast.

On Sunday, September 21, 2025, at approximately 3:45 p.m., the victim was in the 4500 block of Quarles Street, Northeast with their newly purchased moped. The victim was stopped by the suspect who displayed a weapon. The suspect took the victim’s moped and fled the scene. Responding officers received a description of the moped and a short time later, located the suspect and placed him under arrest.

19-year-old Markell Woodings of Southeast, D.C. was arrested and charged with Armed Carjacking (Gun).

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