BLACK man, 20, accused of running over & killing a 73-year old woman with a stolen forklift from a Lowes store

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Suspect in bizarre forklift murder case was former college student suffering mental crisis, his mom says

20-year-old Bryce Caleb Timothy Brown's mom says she called authorities for help in the hours before the attack in Waldorf.
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Suspect in bizarre forklift murder case was former college student suffering mental crisis, his mom says​


20-year-old Bryce Caleb Timothy Brown's mom says she called authorities for help in the hours before the attack in Waldorf.
Author: Scott Broom

Published: 5:27 PM EDT July 4, 2023

Updated: 7:49 AM EDT July 5, 2023
WALDORF, Md. — The mother of a 20-year-old man accused of killing a 73-year old woman using a stolen forklift from a Lowes store in Waldorf early Sunday says she had called the Charles County Sheriff's Office for help in the hours before the bizarre incident.

Kristy Brown said her son, Bryce Caleb Timothy Brown, appeared to be in a mental health crisis Saturday evening when she called for deputies to come to her home in Waldorf and help find him after he had fled from the house.

“I kept screaming 'come get him come get him,'" Brown said as she recalled her 911 phone call. "It took them maybe 20 minutes. By the time they got here he was gone.”

Bryce Brown is accused of breaking into a nearby Lowes store on Crain Highway in Waldorf at about 12:40 a.m. Sunday.

Investigators say he used the machine to smash through security gates into the parking lot of the store. At that point investigators report he rammed a car which happened to have a 73-year-old woman sleeping inside.

When the woman got out the car to flee, investigators say Brown used the forklift to run her down, killing her.

The forklift was then found abandoned with the victim's body underneath the machine about a half mile away in the parking lot of a Home Depot on Crain Highway.

Brown is accused of stealing her car from the Lowes parking lot where the incident began.

The Charles County Sheriff's office announced Monday that they arrested Brown after locating the car near his home.

The victim was identified as 73-year-old Gloristine Pinkney of Waldorf. Her family has not issued a statement.

Authorities say Pinkney and Brown did not know each other.

In addition to grieving for her son's apparent mental breakdown and arrest, Brown's mother said she is shattered by the death of Ms. Pinkney.

“I'm just so sorry. I'm so sorry," Brown said. "My heart aches for the family of the victim as well as my heart. I'm heartbroken."

Brown said her son graduated from Friendship Tech Prep in D.C. in 2021 and went to Bridgewater College in Virginia on an academic scholarship, but a descent into mental illness soon began. She said it worsened after an active shooter incident at the college in February of 2022 that killed two people.

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Bryce Caleb Timothy Brown, seen and a graduation photo hanging in his mother's Waldorf home. Brown is accused of killing a 73-year old woman with a stolen forklift.

"We have tried to get Bryce help, but as an adult there's nothing that I can do after the age of 18," his mother said. "So whatever we tried, if he refused, there was nothing we could do."



She described the situation as frustrating.

Brown said she will ask a judge to hold her son for a mental health evaluation when he appears in court for a bond hearing.

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Forklift murder suspect's mother speaks out about his mental crisis

The Charles County Sheriff's Office arrested Bryce Brown, 20, in connection to the death of 73-year-old Gloristine Pinkney.
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The Charles County Sheriff's Office said Brown ended up at the Lowe's on Crain Highway around 12:40 a.m. Sunday. Investigators said he stole a forklift, rammed it through the rear gates, and rode it to the nearby Home Depot.

It was there that he hit the car of Pinkney, who was sleeping inside it at the time. Pinkney tried to run away after Bryce hit her car, but he then ran her over with the forklift.

Brown then drove off with Pinkney's car, according to the Charles County Sheriff's Office. Investigators found her after he had already left.

"I'm just so sorry," Kristy said. "My heart aches for the victim."
 
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MURDER USA THE FORKLIFT KILLER Bryce Brown charged with the murder of Gloristine Pinkney after smashing her with a stolen forklift in Waldorf night of burglary and rampage.​


By City Desk Posted on July 3, 2023
WALDORF, MD. – A night of criminal rampage, apparently triggered by the suspect’s mother asking for a protective order, resulted in a crime spree involving burglary, theft, carjacking and a brutal murder has ended in an arrest, according to Charles County Sheriff Troy Berry.



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Charles County Sheriff Troy Berry in front of Sheriff’s Headquarters. THE CHESAPEAKE TODAY photo
Sheriff Berry reports that Detectives assigned to the Criminal Investigations Division have arrested a suspect in connection with a homicide that occurred in the parking lot of Home Depot on Jefferson Farm Place in Waldorf.

On July 2 at 12:40 a.m., officers responded to a burglary and theft in progress at the Lowe’s Home Improvement store in the 2500 block of Crain Highway.

The suspect, Bryce Caleb Timothy Brown, 20 (DOB 03/13/2003) of 11982 Calico Woods Place, Waldorf, Maryland, allegedly broke into the business, stole a forklift, and rammed it through the rear gates. Brown left Lowe’s on the forklift, entering the parking lot of Home Depot on Jefferson Farm Place, where, for unknown reasons, he rammed a vehicle that was parked in the parking lot.

Sheriff Berry reports that a woman, who was asleep in the car, got out when the forklift struck her car and began running away. Brown followed her, struck her with the forklift and ran over her, and then stole the victim’s car and fled.

Was Victim Homeless, but Not Carless? Now She is Lifeless due to the actions of Forklift Killer​

Officers who were investigating the initial burglary at Lowe’s canvassed the area and observed the forklift in the Home Depot parking lot. They subsequently discovered the victim underneath the forklift; she was pronounced deceased on the scene. The victim was later identified as Gloristine Pinkney, 73, of Waldorf. Brown and Pinkney are not known to each other, reports Sheriff Berry.

Court records show that Pinkney has been through a foreclosure in 1997, rental actions and a number of financial collections and tax liens, which indicates she could have been living in her car when she was struck by Brown driving the stolen forklift.

After pursuing leads, detectives were able to positively identify Brown as the suspect. He was arrested during the evening hours of July 2.

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The victim’s vehicle was recovered near the suspect’s residence, owned by his mother, Kristy O. Brown. Brown was charged with first-degree murder, second-degree murder, assault, theft, and other related charges. Brown is currently being held at the Charles County Jail without bond.
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Gloristine Pinkney
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FWIW, Pinkney & Cromwell & Dorsey *(Jack Dorsey of Twitter) families are all mixed, Pinkney is an old family, a very very large black family in the Eastern states. This is just from one woman, out of 6 siblings.

Evelyn Mae (Cromwell) Pinkney, the eldest of six children, was born to the late Eva (Young) and Dorsey Cromwell on June 30, 1924 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She peacefully departed this life on October 21, 2020.
Evelyn was preceded in death by her sons, Theodore, Rodney an Quinton.

Evelyn leaves to mourn her loving son and daughter John Pinkney and Elizabeth Allen; loving sister and brother; Eva Maynard and Dorsey Cromwell; two daughter-in-laws, Arlene and Joan Pinkney; 17 grandchildren, 26 great-grandchildren, 20 great-great grandchildren and a host of nieces, nephews, and other relatives and friends to cherish her her memory.

To send flowers or a memorial gift to the family of Evelyn M. Pinkney please visit our Sympathy Store.
 
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