{"id":122791,"date":"2026-02-25T05:39:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T05:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/122791\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T05:39:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T05:39:17","slug":"2-pennsylvania-men-arrested-after-participating-in-illegal-car-rally-in-maryland-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/122791\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Pennsylvania men arrested after participating in illegal car rally in Maryland: police"},"content":{"rendered":"

PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY, Md. (WHP) \u2014 Two Pennsylvania men are facing charges after police say they recovered a firearm from a vehicle involved in an illegal car rally in Maryland over the weekend.<\/p>\n

Blake Miller, 23, of East Berlin, Pennsylvania, and Gus Roth, 22, of Hanover, Pennsylvania, are both accused of participating in the rally, which took place overnight between Saturday and Sunday in Prince George’s County, Maryland.<\/p>\n

According to the Prince George\u2019s County Police Department, officers saw one of the involved cars swap license plates. Police later found that car on Allentown Road.<\/p>\n

As officers approached the car, the driver\u2014who police identified as Miller\u2014allegedly tried to flee police, striking multiple cars in the process. He then tried to run away but was quickly caught, police said.<\/p>\n

A passenger in the car, identified as Roth, also allegedly tried to run away but was taken into custody.<\/p>\n

Police said officers found a weapon and ammunition in the car, which was then impounded.<\/p>\n

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Photo provided by{ }Prince George’s County Police Department<\/p>\n

The investigation was part of a joint operation with Maryland State Police targeting illegal car rallies, the police department said.<\/p>\n

Prince George\u2019s County Police Chief George Nader issued the following statement on Facebook:<\/p>\n

These arrests reinforce our consistent message that illegal car rallies are extremely dangerous and will not be tolerated. Additionally, Maryland State Police made two separate arrests involving a firearm during this operation. Together, the PGPD and our partner agencies will continue to enforce laws against illegal car rallies. My message is loud and clear: do not come into Prince George\u2019s County or any of our neighboring jurisdictions and engage in this dangerous and illegal behavior. These car rallies cause havoc in our streets and take police resources out of our community. I encourage county residents and our media partners to follow these cases through the entire judicial process.<\/p>\n

Miller was charged with multiple traffic-related offenses, and Roth is charged in connection with the firearm, the Prince George\u2019s County Police Department said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY, Md. (WHP) \u2014 Two Pennsylvania men are facing charges after police say they recovered a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":122792,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":{"0":"post-122791","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pennsylvania","8":"tag-pennsylvania","9":"tag-pennsylvania-headlines","10":"tag-pennsylvania-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122791\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}