MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MD- The Montgomery County Department of Police have made two arrests regarding two motorists striking patrol cars over Memorial Day weekend.
Two officers were at a traffic stop early Saturday morning in the area of Montgomery Village Avenue and Brassie Place when one of the suspects swiped both of the police cars.
That night, another crash occurred. The driver of a Nissan Murano struck an unoccupied patrol car in the area of Goshen Road and Wightman Road.
Neither of the drivers or police officers were harmed during the collisions.
“Officers made contact with the drivers and observed signs of impairment. The impaired drivers consented to perform the Standardized Field Sobriety Tests, which were not completed to the officers’ satisfaction,” detectives said. “The drivers were arrested and transported to the MCPD 6th District Station, where they were charged with driving under the influence of alcohol related charges”.