Three gunmen steal a woman’s BMW in Ridge; police arrested two people

Armed carjacking by three men in Ridge It led to the arrest of two teenagers in North Babylon Friday night, Suffolk County police said.

Suffolk police said in a statement that three armed men approached a woman on Oakridge Circle, just south of Middle Country Road, at 10:40 p.m., and took her keychain and stole her BMW.

Officers found the vehicle a little more than an hour later on Wicks Boulevard in North Babylon — about 30 miles away — at 11:53 p.m. Officers spotted 18-year-old Dayne Thomas-Orr nearby and pursued him on foot, according to Suffolk police spokeswoman Dawn Schob. Thomas-Orr had a gun pointed at him when he was arrested on Garnet Street at 12:05 a.m. Saturday.

Another gun was seized in the vehicle.

Police arrested the second suspect, Ameer Johnson, also 18, at 1:17 a.m. on Polaris Street in North Babylon. Police said they are continuing to search for the third person.

Thomas-Orr, of Centereach, was charged with first-degree robbery, second-degree robbery and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon. Johnson, of Coram, was charged with first-degree robbery and second-degree robbery.

Police ask anyone with information to call the Seventh Precinct at 631-852-8752 or Suffolk County Crime Stoppers at 800-220-TIPS.