Teen Sentenced for Armed Carjacking in Bethesda Parking Garage

A 19-year-old Potomac man was sentenced to nine years in prison for a June 10 armed carjacking incident in Bethesda.

Herbert Randall also was sentenced to five years of supervised probation after he is released from prison on charges of armed carjacking and use of a firearm, which was a ghost gun, in the commission of a violent crime. Randall pleaded guilty in November to both counts.

Montgomery County Circuit Court Judge Christopher Fogelman recommended that Randall be admitted in the Patuxent Youthful Offenders Program while in prison, where he will receive services.

The legal fate of three other defendants is being handled in juvenile court.

According to the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office, on June 10 at 11 p.m., Montgomery County police responded to a county parking garage at 4935 Saint Elmo Avenue in Bethesda. There they found a male and female victim.

The two victims had walked to the second floor of the garage after eating dinner in a nearby restaurant. They headed to a red 2022 Hyundai Elantra, which was registered to a friend of one of the victims. The victims saw a group of four people standing near the vehicle, all of whom had their faces concealed.

When the driver got to the car door, a suspect pointed a black handgun at his chest. Both victim’s saw a laser pointed at the driver. The suspect demanded the car keys, and the victim handed them over. At that point, the female exited the car, according to the state’s attorney’s office.

The suspect with the gun entered the driver’s seat and the other three suspects entered the car, which they then drove out of the garage toward Cordell Avenue.

Using a Hyundai electronic tracking service, the owner of the car told police where the stolen vehicle was taken. About three hours after the carjacking, police went to the location in the 13000 block of Midway Avenue and then placed an electronic tracking device on the car.

One June 11, police noticed that the car was moving and headed to Virginia before returning to Maryland.

Police observed the vehicle, which was driven by a female and had a female passenger in the front seat and a male passenger in the back.

Police officers blocked the car at the intersection of Seven Locks Road and Bradley Boulevard in Bethesda and took all three people into custody. The two females in the front seat were 15 and 16 years old.

The keys were on Randall, according to the state’s attorney’s office. A black backpack in the car was removed. Inside was a loaded 9 mm ghost gun. The firearm had a laser pointer affixed to it.

Police also apprehended a fourth suspect, who is 17. He was charged as an adult, but a hearing is planned on a motion to transfer that suspect to juvenile court.

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