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Philly Man Didn't Have License For Gun He Used To Shoot Attempted Carjacker Who Died: Police Philly Man Didn't Have License For Gun He Used To Shoot Attempted Carjacker Who Died: Police
Philly Man Didn't Have License For Gun He Used To Shoot Attempted Carjacker Who Died: Police A 54-year-old Philadelphia man didn't have a license for his gun, which he used to shoot and kill a man who tried to carjack him, authorities said. Steven Thompson shot one of three men who approached him and tried to carjack him on the 5800 block of Cobbs Creek Pkwy. just after 8:15 a.m. Tuesday, city police said. The victim fled westbound in his own Grey Honda Accord on Cobbs Creek Parkway, where he crashed into a school bus, according to police. The man was then taken to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center and pronounced dead just after 9 a.m., police said. His name had not yet been releas…

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by Valerie Musson
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GOTCHA! Carjacker Captured By Garfield Police Officer Moments After Seizing BMW From Owner GOTCHA! Carjacker Captured By Garfield Police Officer Moments After Seizing BMW From Owner
Gotcha! Carjacker Captured By Garfield Police Officer Moments After Seizing BMW From Owner A Garfield police officer captured a carjacker moments after he took a sedan as the owner warmed it up early Friday, authorities said. The Pierre Avenue victim told police he was sitting in his 2018 BMW 530 shortly before 7:30 a.m. when a robber opened the driver’s side door and told him to get out, Capt. Richard Uram said. When he refused, the owner said, the robber lifted his jacket, displaying a dark-colored object in his waistband, Uram said. The owner got out and the carjacker drove off in the sedan, the captain said. Officer Lukasz Chmielewski responded instantly and spotted Daniel …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Gunpoint Carjacking Of BMW Investigated In Central Jersey: Developing Gunpoint Carjacking Of BMW Investigated In Central Jersey: Developing
Gunpoint Carjacking Of BMW Investigated In Central Jersey: Developing Police in Central Jersey were investigating the carjacking of a red BMW early Thursday, according to developing and unconfirmed reports.  The carjacking occurred before 1:30 a.m. on the first block of Easton Avenue in New Brunswick, initial reports said. New Brunswick police were not immediately available for comment. CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES

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by Jon Craig
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South Jersey Man Charged In Carjacking, Fatal Shooting: Prosecutor South Jersey Man Charged In Carjacking, Fatal Shooting: Prosecutor
South Jersey Man Charged In Carjacking, Fatal Shooting: Prosecutor A 32-year-old man from Pleasantville man has been charged in connection to the fatal shooting, authorities said. Jermaine Wharton, 32, is charged with first-degree murder, first-degree carjacking and weapons offenses, according to Acting Atlantic County Prosecutor Cary Shill.  On Monday at the Atlantic County Justice Facility, where Wharton is in custody on an unrelated matter, he was charged with the above offenses. On Nov. 13, 2021, at 9:19 a.m., Pleasantville police received a Shot Spotter alert and 911 call in reference to a shooting at 914 N. Main St., Shill said. Police fo…

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by Jon Craig
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NY Car Burglars Lead Police On Wild Jersey Shore Pursuit Before Crash With Audi: Authorities NY Car Burglars Lead Police On Wild Jersey Shore Pursuit Before Crash With Audi: Authorities
NY Car Burglars Lead Police On Wild Jersey Shore Pursuit Before Crash With Audi: Authorities A pair of alleged car burglars were caught after a wild chase in which the suspects tried to carjack several cars before smashing into an Audi, authorities said. It all began about 2 p.m. Thursday when off-duty Brick Township Police Officer Kevin Ryan was leaving the LA Fitness gym in Brick Plaza after working out, police said. Ryan heard a vehicle alarm sounding in the parking lot. The alarm was coming from a tan Chevy pickup truck. Ryan reportedly noticed a greenish gray minivan parked next to the tan pickup.  The minivan reportedly matched the description of a vehicle that car…

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by Jon Craig
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Hero Dad Scares Off Would-Be Carjacker With Handgun In Philly Suburbs: Police Hero Dad Scares Off Would-Be Carjacker With Handgun In Philly Suburbs: Police
Hero Dad Scares Off Would-Be Carjacker With Handgun In Philly Suburbs: Police Police were able to arrest a carjacker shortly after a Berks County dad stopped him from stealing his car while his son was inside. The dad was in a parked car with his son in the 1200 block of Penn Avenue in Wyomissing on Dec. 3, when the unarmed suspect opened the car door and told the man to get out twice, local police said. The man refused and pulled a legally owned handgun from the glove box, Wyomissing police said. The carjacker then shut the car door and fled on foot, eventually getting arrested three blocks away in the 1500 block of Penn Avenue, according to police. He was identif…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Carjacker Punched Driver In Face, Stole Her Pickup From Gas Station: Jersey Shore Police Carjacker Punched Driver In Face, Stole Her Pickup From Gas Station: Jersey Shore Police
Carjacker Punched Driver In Face, Stole Her Pickup From Gas Station: Jersey Shore Police A 40-year-old man from the Jersey Shore was arrested in connection with a carjacking, authorities said. On Monday at 9:51 a.m., police were called to the Lukoil gas station at 2301 West County Line Road in Jackson for a reported carjacking.  Police found a 57-year-old woman who said her 1999 Dodge Pickup had been stolen by a man  who had punched her in the face, Jackson police said. The victim had been standing outside of her vehicle when a man wearing a hooded flannel shirt get into the driver’s seat of her pickup truck, police said.  She opened the door to see what he was …

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by Jon Craig
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Couple Gets Prison Time For Violent Suburban Philly Carjackings Couple Gets Prison Time For Violent Suburban Philly Carjackings
Couple Gets Prison Time For Violent Suburban Philly Carjackings A couple was sentenced on Monday for two violent carjackings and an attempted carjacking in Bucks County last year, which resulted in two people being hospitalized, authorities said. Eric Meehan, 29, and Ashley Young, 32, both pleaded guilty on Oct. 12 to two counts each of robbery of a motor vehicle and aggravated assault and one count each of criminal conspiracy to commit robbery of a motor vehicle and attempt to commit robbery of a motor vehicle, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. Meehan also pleaded guilty to three counts of terroristic threats and one count of fl…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Funeral Details Released For Kidnapped Elementary School Sisters Murdered By Dad Funeral Details Released For Kidnapped Elementary School Sisters Murdered By Dad
Funeral Details Released For Kidnapped Elementary School Sisters Murdered By Dad Funeral and memorial service details have been released for the Vicosa sisters who were kidnapped and shot dead by their father in a quadruple murder-suicide. Giana, 7, and Aaminah, 6, of York, Pennsylvania, were kidnapped by their estranged father on Sunday, Nov. 14, after he came to their home in the 1500 block of Pleader Lane in Windsor Township Friday, Nov. 12, with his former Baltimore County police partner, Tia Bynum, under the guise of a birthday for their mother Marisa Ayala Vicosa, according to police. Robert Vicosa held the girls hostage in their home as he drugged and raped the…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Armed AutoZone Carjacking Ends With South Jersey Man's Arrest Armed AutoZone Carjacking Ends With South Jersey Man's Arrest
Armed AutoZone Carjacking Ends With South Jersey Man's Arrest An armed carjacking at an AutoZone store in Toms River ended with an arrest of a a 20-year-old man from Burlington County, authorities said. Devin Copley-Clevenger, of Lumberton, is accused of stealing the victim's car at gunpoint in the parking lot of Route 37 east, after the victim agreed to give someone a ride to AutoZone when their car broke down Friday around 4:10 p.m., local police said.  Once at Auto Zone, the victim’s acquaintance exited the car and walked toward the store. The passenger door opened moments later and another male entered the vehicle, brandishing a handgun&…

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by Jon Craig
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Feds: NJ Uber Carjacker Gets 8 Years Without Parole Feds: NJ Uber Carjacker Gets 8 Years Without Parole
Feds: NJ Uber Carjacker Gets 8 Years Without Parole A Union County man who dragged a female Uber driver from her vehicle and threw her to the ground during a carjacking must spend the next seven years in federal prison. Rakeem McNair, 22, of Roselle, joined Raquin Tanner, 26, of Newark in taking a deal from the government rather than risk trial. Both he and Tanner -- who got 6½ years -- must serve out just about all of their plea-bargained sentences because there's no parole in the federal prison system. The victim was in the driver’s seat of her parked car on Summer Avenue in Newark around 11 p.m. Aug. 13, 2019 when Tanner, McNair and anot…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Raped, Drugged Wife Asks Target Employee For Help Among New Details In PA Kidnapping Raped, Drugged Wife Asks Target Employee For Help Among New Details In PA Kidnapping
Raped, Drugged Wife Asks Target Employee For Help Among New Details In PA Kidnapping New information and a timeline has been released regarding Robert Vicosa and the events that led up to a multi-state manhunt and search for his daughters after he abducted them in Pennsylvania, authorities said. Vicosa and Tia Bynum are allegedly on the run with Vicosa’s daughters, Aaminah, 6, and Giana, 7, after purportedly abducting them from their York County home. Vicosa invited his estranged wife to a birthday celebration he arranged for her at his Windsor Township home on the 1500 block of Pleader Lane on Friday, according to police. When she went to leave, Vicosa grabbed her arms, p…

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by Jillian Pikora