Montgomery County police have arrested a suspect in three hotel robberies after his getaway car broke down on the side of the road.
Around 3 a.m. Wednesday, shortly after an armed robbery of a Courtyard Marriott in Rockville, officers stopped to help a motorist on Shady Grove Road, but the man walked away. Police towed the car and learned that the vehicle matched the description in the robberies.
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Johnnie A. Duvall, 45, was charged with robbing the Courtyard Marriott, a Holiday Inn in Gaithersburg on Sunday and a Comfort Inn on Dec. 23. In each case, the robber walked into the lobby, implied he had a weapon, demanded cash and fled with the money in a gold car. In two of the incidents, police said the robber assaulted the clerks.
— Scott McCabe
