A Tennessee mother has been charged with multiple car-jackings, including one in which she used her 5-year-old child as a shield. Clarksville Police said that Bethany Wilson, 24, faces multiple charges of aggravated robbery, Clarksville Now reported. The first incident took place at about 4:40 p.m. Thursday afternoon at a Minit Mart, police said, where …
A 20-year-old man, angry because he couldn’t book a same-day flight from Salt Lake City to Denver Friday morning, carjacked two vehicles, tried to carjack several more, and crashed into multiple vehicles as he left the airport and drove down Interstate 80. Salt Lake City Police said that Joseph Thomas Green headed to the passenger …
Pennsylvania police are looking for a suspect who was reportedly filmed carjacking a woman and her teen daughter last week. WTXF reported that the incident occurred in Philadelphia on September 19. The victims were leaving their home when the carjacking suspect emerges and threatens them with a gun. “It appears he was laying in wait,” …
Four Louisiana teens who were charged as adults in March’s deadly carjacking pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to second-degree murder. On March 21, John Honore, 17, Briniyah Baker, 16, Lenyra Theophile, 15, and Mar’Qel Curtis, 15, allegedly assaulted Linda Frickey, 73, and pulled her out of her SUV before dragging her alongside her vehicle for …
Texas authorities said a man who was killed in a car crash last Tuesday had stolen the vehicle from an elderly woman Shirlene Hernandez, 72, was reportedly carjacked as she headed into a Shell gas station in San Antonio. The assailant grabbed Hernandez, hit her in the face several times, and fled with her car …
A chaotic scene unfolded early Tuesday morning in Houston as a man carjacked a construction worker, ran over him, and then crashed into the lobby of a high-rise apartment building. A man inside the Hanover Autry Park building was stabbed, and the suspect was later shot by police officers who confronted him outside on the …
Two women in New Mexico have been jailed after they allegedly tried to hijack a vehicle and then fired at deputies who tried to pull them over, prompting a shelter-in place order for three schools and area residents. Lizeth Iguado, 33, and Felicia Gonzales, 38, have been charged with armed robbery, attempt to commit a …
An elderly woman was killed in Louisiana on Monday after she was reportedly dragged by her vehicle while being carjacked by four juveniles. New Orleans police said Linda Frickey, 73, was dragged by her car for an extended period of time. WAFB reported that Frickey, who died at the scene, somehow became dislodged from her …
Delaware State Police are investigating an incident in which a woman carjacked two vehicles, struck two pedestrians — killing one — and crashed both vehicles before two witnesses apprehended her and held her until troopers arrived. Police have not released the name of the suspect or the victims. The incident began at about 9:30 a.m. …
Five teenagers have been arrested after they allegedly carjacked a US Congresswoman from Pennsylvania at gunpoint Wednesday afternoon and took off with her vehicle. Mary Gay Scanlon, who represents Pennsylvania’s 5th Congressional District in Congress — which includes part of south Philadelphia — was not hurt in the incident, WPVI reported. Scanlon, 62, said she …
