Maryland man charged with throwing keg through Georgetown Cupcake window
Georgetown Cupcake keg smash suspect pleads not guilty
Charles Ali, the man accused of hurling a beer keg through the window of Georgetown Cupcake made his first court appearance on Friday, pleading not guilty to felony vandalism.
WASHINGTON - A Maryland man was arrested and charged with felony destruction of property for allegedly throwing a keg through the window of a Georgetown bakery.
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What we know:
Metropolitan Police officers arrested 28-year-old Charles Joseph Ali of Rockville on Thursday.
Appearing in court for the first time on Friday, Ali pleaded not guilty.
The backstory:
Ali is charged with causing thousands of dollars of damage to Georgetown Cupcake.
The keg went crashing through the window around midnight Monday morning, May 18. Several employees were in the bakery at the time and were startled by the shattering glass, according to the business.
Security footage from the area showed the suspect hauling the keg down the sidewalk shortly before allegedly tossing it through the Georgetown Cupcake window.
Georgetown Cupcake estimated the cost of the damage at $10,000. The store was able to open the morning after the incident.
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Earlier this week, before MPD identified Ali as the suspect in the Georgetown Cupcake case, they announced they believe the same suspect may be tied to another similar case from April, at another business on M Street.
Around 5 a.m. on April 24, MPD say a man walked up to an office building in the 1900 block of M Street, smashing a vase and throwing other items before walking off.
MPD are searching for the suspect who vandalized a business on M Street on April 24.
Officials asked anyone with information about that case to contact them.
The Source: Information in this story is from Georgetown Cupcake, the Metropolitan Police Department and previous FOX 5 reports.