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Stolen u-haul stopped at Riverside dr and Eastern blvd, Essex MD

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Motor Vehicle Theft

Reported: 12/18/2025 11:24 PM

Riverside Dr & Eastern Blvd, Essex, MD 21221

As discussed during the dispatch call, police stopped a stolen U-Haul van with an Arizona license plate near Eastern Boulevard and Riverside Drive in Essex. The vehicle was first spotted near Eastern and North Point. The van was reported stolen from Baltimore City in November.

Audio|Heard on: Baltimore MD Law Dispatch Group Calls

Listen to dispatch call

01:35

Transcript:

00:00

And vote 5.

00:02

I have an LPR hit.

00:03

It might be coming over in Essex.

00:05

It's a U-Haul van,

00:07

Arizona, (number withheld).

00:11

I got a hit at Eastern and North Point going eastbound.

00:15

I haven't seen any of the bridge yet, though.

00:19

Anyone start up to Eastern and North Point to check for a U-Haul.

00:24

Arizona tag, (number withheld).

00:29

Is it like a box truck or a base?

00:36

Info-5 was it.

00:39

Equal just in the state eastern Virginia, 227.

00:43

You check with Ampho5 and see if it's for just a stolen tag or actual stolen vehicle.

00:49

It's a stolen vehicle from Baltimore City, taken in November.

00:57

He's running behind it.

01:01

(number withheld).

01:03

One, two, four, eight, six, he's pulling over.

01:07

Vehicle pulling over, what is your effect 20, where the vehicle stopping?

01:15

Vehicle stopping Eastern and Riverside, 227.

01:19

97, I'm wither.

01:21

22nd.

01:24

2nd. 29, I'm out.

01:26

I'm out.

01:33

10-4-228

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Location mentioned:

Riverside Dr & Eastern Blvd, Essex, MD 21221

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