A Maryland man has been charged by police after allegedly stealing a car during a Facebook marketplace sale gone wrong, court documents said.
Karon Harding, of Brooklyn, Md., faces felony charges of robbery of a motor vehicle, robbery – taking property by force, theft by unlawful taking of movable property, receiving stolen property, and a summary count of reckless driving, according to charging documents filed on Monday, Nov. 18, 2024.
Police were first notified of the robbery around 6:37 p.m. on Nov. 5, 2024, when they were dispatched for a reported assault and robbery in the first block of North Blettner Avenue in Penn Township, court documents said.
According to an affidavit of probable cause filed against Harding, the victims told officers they had listed a white 2008 Infinity G37S with the Pennsylvania registration MRH-3200 on Facebook marketplace.
After an online conversation, the victims agreed to meet a male subject on North Blettner Avenue to sell the vehicle for $7,000, the affidavit states.