At 9:06 p.m. Jan. 28, a 17-year-old Lusby girl was walking to her vehicle in the parking lot of St. Charles Towne Center at 11110 Mall Circle in Waldorf when a man approached her, implied he had a gun and demanded money.
The girl complied and the man fled with an disclosed amount of money in a black Ford Explorer bearing Virginia registration “WRETHA”. The girl followed the vehicle as she called the police and kept updating her location.
Charles County Sheriff’s officers and Maryland State Police troopers located the suspect vehicle on southbound Crain Highway near WW Industrial Drive in La Plata, conducted a traffic stop and arrested the suspect without incident.
The man was identified as Wesley Matel Haynie, 19, of Heathsville, Va., and was charged with armed robbery and theft less than $100. Haynie is being held at the Charles County Detention Center pending an appearance before the District Court Commissioner.