A 26-year-old Germantown man has been arrested and charged after allegedly striking a person with a handgun and stealing two phones during an arranged phone sale outside a 7-Eleven.
According to Montgomery County police, 5th District officers responded to the store in the 19700 block of Frederick Road at approximately 2:09pm on Saturday, October 17, for a report of an armed robbery.
Police said Malcolm Anderson arranged to meet the victim in the parking lot to purchase a phone. After entering the victim’s car, Anderson allegedly struck the victim in the head with a handgun and stole both the phone being sold and the victim’s personal phone before leaving.
Detectives identified Anderson as the suspect and obtained an arrest warrant. On Friday, October 30, detectives executed a search warrant at his Germantown residence and arrested him. Police said they recovered a handgun stolen from Georgia that had been modified to be fully automatic, along with other evidence.
Anderson was charged with armed robbery, possession of a firearm with a felony conviction, possession of a stolen regulated firearm, possession of a rapid-fire trigger activator and other related offenses. He is being held without bond.
A photo of the suspect has not been released by police.
