Yosef Tadele, 23, of Silver Spring, Md., was arrested Sunday morning in connection with the overnight kidnapping of a Prince George’s County family as part of a plot to rob a Silver Spring bank Saturday.
Tadele is expected to be charged with four counts of conspiracy to commit first degree assault, four counts of conspiracy to commit second degree assault, two counts of kidnapping, two counts of kidnapping a child under the age of 16, and conspiracy to commit armed robbery.
Surafel held the Spruill family at gunpoint in their car Saturday morning. He was arrested by a Maryland state trooper who stopped the car for swerving on I-495 near Rt. 1.
Surafel is charged with four counts of first degree assault, four counts of second degree assault, two counts of kidnapping, two counts of kidnapping a child under 16, four counts of false imprisonment, four counts of reckless endangerment, conspiracy to commit armed robbery, and use of a handgun in the commission of a felony.
Maryland State Police investigators, in conjunction with the Prince George’s County Police Robbery Squad, determined Tadele drove Surafel and another suspect to the Clinton home of the bank manager and dropped them off prior to the kidnapping Friday night.
Investigators also believe Tadele picked up the other suspect who was with Surafel in the victims’ house Saturday morning, after Surafel and the family left for the bank.
Police investigators continue to work to identify and prepare charges for the third suspect.
At least one additional arrest is expected in this ongoing investigation.
Tadele and Surafel are being held at the Prince George’s County central booking facility.
