{"id":122847,"date":"2026-02-25T06:41:35","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T06:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/122847\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T06:41:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T06:41:35","slug":"2-pennsylvania-men-charged-with-participating-in-illegal-car-rally-in-maryland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/122847\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Pennsylvania men charged with participating in illegal car rally in Maryland"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Police Police arrest two in illegal car rally crackdown<\/a> <\/p>\n

Prince George\u2019s County Police arrested two Pennsylvania men accused of taking part in a dangerous illegal car rally, as Chief George Nader calls for tougher laws and warns drivers to stay out of local communities.<\/p>\n

PRINCE GEORGE’S CO., Md. – Two Pennsylvania men have been arrested for participating in an illegal car rally in Prince George’s County, police say.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Officers say they saw one of the suspects swapping license plates on the car the pair were in, and they also found a gun and ammunition in the vehicle.\u00a0<\/p>\n

What we know:<\/p>\n

Prince George’s County police have charged 23-year-old Blake Miller of East Berlin, PA, and 22-year-old Gus Roth of Hanover, PA.<\/p>\n

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They say the two were participating in an illegal car rally that began around 10:00\u00a0p.m.\u00a0on Feb. 21 and lasted into the early morning of Feb. 22.<\/p>\n

In a joint operation\u00a0with the\u00a0Maryland State Police, PGPD officers and\u00a0additional\u00a0regional resources and agencies targeted these illegal car\u00a0rallies, breaking up and preventing multiple gatherings in Prince George\u2019s County and neighboring areas.<\/p>\n

Law enforcement saw a person participating in a rally swapping\u00a0license plates. Despite his effort to conceal the car, officers\u00a0soon\u00a0located it on Allentown Road.\u00a0<\/p>\n

When officers approached, the driver, Miller, attempted to flee and struck multiple cars along the way. He then tried to run away but was quickly apprehended.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The passenger, Roth, attempted to flee but was also\u00a0taken into custody. Officers then found the gun and ammunition inside the car.<\/p>\n

Miller is facing multiple\u00a0traffic-related\u00a0offenses. Roth is charged in connection with the firearm. The car was impounded.<\/p>\n

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Dig deeper:<\/p>\n

Prince George’s County police say in addition to the arrests of Miller and Roth, they conducted eight traffic stops, impounded two cars and issued 15 citations.<\/p>\n

Prince George’s County Crime Solvers is offering a reward of up to $500 for information that helps prevent an illegal car\u00a0rally\u00a0before it occurs.\u00a0<\/p>\n

From the police chief:<\/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,” \u00a0said PGPD Chief George Nader.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“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,” he went on to say.<\/p>\n

Anyone with information on any planned car meet-ups should contact Crime Solvers here<\/a>\u00a0or call 1-866-411-TIPS (8477).<\/p>\n

News<\/a>Prince George’s County<\/a>Crime and Public Safety<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police arrest two in illegal car rally crackdown Prince George\u2019s County Police arrested two Pennsylvania men accused of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":122848,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[592,22893,139,28,30,29,33191,593],"class_list":["post-122847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-crime-publicsafety","tag-md","tag-news","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news","tag-prince-georges-county","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122847","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=122847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122847\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}