Three people were arrested Monday afternoon after an off-duty police officer caught the group stealing a police radio and vest from his cruiser, Montgomery County police said.
The incident happened around 2:30 p.m. Monday in the area of Forest Glen, according to authorities.
The three suspects, two men and a juvenile, fled in a maroon minivan that was reported stolen Sunday and were then involved in a hit-and-run accident, police said. The suspects abandoned the minivan, and police apprehended them in Silver Spring.