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8 people believed to be members of a Romanian criminal gang arrested for burglaries

Eight people ages 29 to 57 were arrested Thursday in connection with a series of burglaries in Montgomery and Baltimore counties and other areas.

According to Montgomery County police, the suspects are believed to be part of a Romanian organized crime group known as the “Roma Crew.”

They are accused of burglary of residential and commercial properties.

Officers found suspicious vehicles near a home on Essex View Drive in Gaithersburg that has been broken into several times in recent weeks. According to police, the suspects then traveled to a residence on Garnkirk Forest Drive in Clarksburg, where officers observed them committing a burglary on Thursday.

Police tracked the suspects to a WaWa on South Frederick Avenue. With the assistance of the Gaithersburg City Police Department, the suspects were taken into custody without incident.

Seven of the suspects were charged with burglary and other crimes and taken to the Montgomery County Central Unit. A female suspect was taken to a local hospital. She was not identified by police.

The suspects are Mercedesa Iordache, 50; Titina Sardaru, 57; Lorena Enache, 37; Flavius ​​Stoikan, 44; Dumitru Velcu, 29; Denisa Chiciu, 29; and Anisoara Iordache, 54.

Participants included the Gaithersburg and Montgomery County Police 5th and 6th District Community Action Teams, 5th District Patrol Officers, K9 Units, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th District Detective Bureaus, and 4th District Special Operations Teams. and 6th district.

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