U.S. marshals are seeking a 300-pound armed robbery suspect known as “Pretty.”
Police said Alvin “Pretty” Spencer robbed a woman at gunpoint in Clinton and is a suspect in an armed carjacking in Upper Marlboro, both occurring in December. At the time of the crimes, the 33-year-old Spencer was on federal probation on fraud and identity theft, police said.
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The armed attacks represents a serious step up from the white-collar crimes that Spencer had committed in the past, marshals said.
“Spencer is known as ‘Pretty’ but his actions are anything but,” said Supervisory Inspector Matthew Burke of the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force. “His level of violence is increasing and that’s always a big concern. The task force would like to beautify Prince George’s County Jail by sending “Pretty” there as soon as possible.”
On Dec. 18, police said, Spencer approached a woman as she walked up to a home in Clinton and pulled out a pistol. Spencer took the woman’s valuables — including an iPad, iPod and a BlackBerry phone — and fled. Six days later, Spencer used a gun to carjack a vehicle on Melwood Road in Upper Marlboro, police said.
Spencer is wanted on charges of armed robbery, first-degree assault, armed carjacking and violation of federal probation.
He’s listed as being 6 feet tall and 300 pounds.
Spencer has lived in the 2600 block of Millvale Avenue in Forestville, and frequented the area of Anvil Lane in Temple Hills. Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Spencer should call the task force at 301-489-1705.
Since 2008, federal authorities have credited readers of The Washington Examiner for the capture of 40 fugitives, including murderers, kidnappers, child sex offenders, rapists and scam artists. At least eight captured fugitives were convicted killers or wanted on a homicide charge.
In January, a tip from a reader directly led to the capture of a convicted murderer who allegedly violated the terms of his parole.
The Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force, run by the U.S. Marshals Service, is composed of 30 federal, state and local agencies from Baltimore to Norfolk. The unit has captured more than 33,000 fugitives since its creation in 2004.
