An armed carjacking by three men in Ridge led to the arrest of two teenagers in North Babylon on Friday evening, Suffolk County police said.
Three men armed with guns approached a woman on Oakridge Circle, just south of Middle Country Road, at 10:40 p.m. They grabbed the woman’s key fob from her hand and stole her BMW, Suffolk police said in a statement.
Officers found the vehicle just over an hour later, at 11:53 p.m., on Wicks Avenue in North Babylon – about 30 miles away. Officers spotted 18-year-old Dayne Thomas-Orr in the area and chased him on foot, said Suffolk police spokeswoman Dawn Schob. Thomas-Orr had a gun with him when he was arrested on Garnet Street at 12.05am on Saturday.
Another weapon was found in the car.
Police arrested a second suspect, Ameer Johnson, also 18, at 1:17 a.m. on Polaris Street in North Babylon. Police said they continue to search for the third man.
Thomas-Orr, of Centereach, has been charged with first-degree robbery, second-degree robbery and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon. Johnson, of Coram, was charged with first-degree larceny and second-degree larceny.
Police are asking anyone with information to call the Seventh Precinct at 631-852-8752 or Suffolk County Crime Stoppers at 800-220-TIPS.