District resident Jordan Tyler Alexander pleaded guilty on Tuesday to weapons offenses after police found a Glock 27 in a stolen car that he crashed after taking officers on a high-speed pursuit topping 100 mph last summer.
According to court documents, Prince George’s County police officer was on patrol at 2 a.m. on Aug. 9, 2023, when he watched a white Honda Accord pull into the parking lot of a convenience store in Suitland, and then immediately leave.
The officer suspected that the vehicle drove away after spotting his marked police cruiser, and when he ran the license plates, it was determined that the Honda had been stolen on July 24, 2023 in Southeast DC.
Alexander was then followed, and after running a red light, the officer activated his lights and sirens, at which point the Honda sped off, launching a pursuit, which came to an end when he crashed into a guardrail in the northbound lanes of I-295 near the exit for Minnesota Avenue NE.
But he was not done yet.
Prosecutors say that Alexander jumped out of the driver’s side door and began running down the interstate while cars came whizzing past him. A second passenger inside the Honda also bailed and ran away from the highway and onto a nearby grassy area.