CURTIS BAY, MD – Anne Arundel County Police arrested two males early Wednesday morning after a stolen vehicle was located using an automated license plate reader in the Eastern District.

Around 1:30 a.m. on November 26, a K-9 officer was alerted by the system to a stolen Ford Mustang traveling near Fort Smallwood Road and Fort Armistead Road.

Officers quickly located the vehicle in the 6400 block of Fort Smallwood Road and conducted a stop.

Both occupants were taken into custody without incident, police said.

Eighteen-year-old charged, juvenile cited

The driver, identified as 18-year-old David Lee Kegley Jr. of Curtis Bay, was arrested at the scene.

A 17-year-old passenger from Brooklyn Park was cited and released to a guardian.

Police credited the Automated License Plate Reader technology and coordinated patrol response for the swift recovery of the stolen vehicle.

Anne Arundel County Police arrested an 18-year-old man and cited a juvenile after locating a stolen Mustang in Curtis Bay early Wednesday.