Update 3: Kathleen Miller writes in The Examiner, Police seeking duo in robbery at Gaithersburg driving school:
They robbed an instructor and six students of cash and personal property before fleeing the school, said Paul Kaaawane, owner of the school. No one was hurt in the incident, and police would not disclose how much cash was taken.
Montgomery police spokeswoman Lucille Baur said police officers think this was intended to be a commercial robbery, with the target being the business itself rather than the students.
“We believe once they found out they couldn’t take money from the business, they robbed the students,” Baur said.
Update 2: The County Police have posted the following:
2/26/2008
Armed Robbery at a Driving School in Gaithersburg Detectives from the Montgomery County Police Major Crimes Division – Robbery Section are investigating the armed robbery at the American Driving School which occurred yesterday evening in Gaithersburg.
Last night at approximately 8:14 p.m., 6th District officers responded to the American Driving School, located at 431 North Frederick Avenue in Gaithersburg, for the report of an armed robbery that had just occurred.
Through the course of the investigation it was learned that two suspects posing as students entered the driving school. One suspect displayed a handgun and demanded cash. The suspects robbed the instructor and the adult students of personal property. The suspects then fled the school in an unknown direction.
The first suspect is described as a black male, 20 to 21 years of age, 5’6” to 6’0” tall, with a thin build, and his hair was worn in dreadlocks. He was wearing a black jacket. The second suspect is described as a black male, 20 to 21 years of age, 5’6” to 6’0” tall, with a thin build, and wearing a black jacket.
Anyone who has information about this robbery and/or the suspects is asked to call the Robbery Section at 240-773-5100. Callers may remain anonymous.
Update: The City Police have posted the following regarding this incident:
Monday, February 25, 2008
Armed Robbery
On 02/25/2008 at approximately 8:30pm., two suspects robbed the American Driving School at 431 N Frederick Ave. They first knocked on the locked classroom door. When the instructor opened the door, one suspect put a gun to the instructors face and demanded his money. They then took cash and a cell phone from the 6 students. The suspects then fled the business.
Suspects: Two black males in their late teens to early 20’s, 5′10″ to 6′00″ - Thin built. Both in Green pants and black tee-shirts, one suspect was armed with a semi-auto hand gun.
Channel 7 reports:
Montgomery County Police say two armed men robbed a driving school Monday night in Gaithersburg.
It happened around 8:15 p.m. at the American Driving School in the 400 block of N. Frederick Avenue. Police said the school was filled with students when the men, wearing masks, demanded money from the class. Police said the suspects them left the scene. No one was hurt.
Channel 5 reports:
One of the suspects was seen with a semi-automatic handgun running from the scene. American Driving School is located at 431 N. Frederick Avenue.
The suspects are black males described to be possibly teenagers or in their early 20s. They were both dressed in black and last seen running north on 355.