PG State’s Attorney Braveboy allowed career criminal and carjacker Parren Hawkins out of jail after only one year in plea deal on gun charges
When a phony like Prince George’s County State’s Attorney Alisha Braveboy announces getting tough on criminals, it’s time to start throwing rotten tomatoes at the podium. Braveboy allowed career criminal Parren Hawkins to serve only one year of a three-year stint in what should have been the hallowed halls of the Maryland prison system and do his time in the country club setting of the PG Jail. Braveboy took up where the phony that preceded her, Angela Alsobrooks, left off in her two terms as prosecutor handing out plea deals to violent criminals.
Instead of keeping Hawkins in the slammer, he was out and available to use a gun again on February 2, 2025, to commit a carjacking in the District of Columbia.
HAWKINS NABBED IN CARJACKING – FLED FROM COPS AND STILL WAS PACKING THE GUN
WASHINGTON – Parren Desmond Hawkins, 33, of Washington, D.C., was charged in Superior Court with armed carjacking in connection with an incident on February 3, 2025, in Northeast D.C. The charge was announced by U.S. Attorney Edward R. Martin Jr. and Chief Pamela Smith of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).
According to documents filed in court, at approximately 2:47 a.m. on February 2, 2025, police officers were dispatched to 331 15th Street NE, where they located the victim of an armed carjacking. The victim told the officers that the defendant approached him as he sat in his vehicle, pointed a black handgun at him, and told him to get out of the vehicle. The victim complied. The defendant then demanded money and took the victim’s wallet and cell phone before fleeing northbound on the 400 block of 15th Street, NE. The victim flagged down a passerby and called 911.
As police interviewed the victim, Prince George’s County Police observed the stolen vehicle in Oxon Hill, Maryland. Officers began pursuing the vehicle until the defendant ultimately crashed into a curb. The driver fled on foot, and police caught him on Darrington Road with a handgun in his possession. Hawkins was presented in court today and ordered detained. The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Shaniqua Butler is prosecuting the case.
The Metropolitan Police reported this on the carjacking:
Armed Carjacking: On Sunday, February 2, 2025, at approximately 2:46 a.m., a ride-share driver was parked in the 300 block of 15th Street, Northeast, waiting to pick up a passenger. The suspect approached the victim, brandishing a gun, and demanded the vehicle keys and the victim’s property. The victim complied. The suspect fled the scene in the victim’s vehicle. CCN:25015753
Armed Robbery: A short time later, at approximately 3:33 a.m., the suspect was driving in the area of the 800 block of Barnaby Street, Southeast. He exited the carjacked vehicle and approached the victim, who was walking home. The suspect pointed a gun at the victim and took property from the victim. The suspect fled the scene in the carjacked vehicle. CCN:25015773
The Real-Time Crime Center (RTCC) located the vehicle and provided the location to responding units. A short time later, 33-year-old Parren Hawkins of Northeast, DC, was apprehended and arrested in the 700 block of Bonini Road, Southeast, for Armed Carjacking and Armed Robbery. A firearm and property from the armed robbery were recovered.
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