DelCo Carjacker Accused Of Targeting Delivery Drivers Sought By FBI DelCo Carjacker Accused Of Targeting Delivery Drivers Sought By FBI
DelCo Carjacker Accused Of Targeting Delivery Drivers Sought By FBI Federal and local authorities are on the hunt for a Delaware County carjacker who they say is targeting delivery drivers in the area. Joseph T. Makell, 22, of Darby is wanted on armed robbery charges after allegedly placing a pizza order on Nov. 9 and arranging for it to be delivered to a random address in Yeadon, according to the FBI and the Yeadon Police Department. When the delivery driver arrived shortly before 9 p.m., Makell and at least one other unidentified suspect pointed a gun at him, stole his car, and fled the scene, authorities said. Investigators believe Makell is also respon…
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…
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…
Chester County Man Convicted In Deadly Carjacking Of 31-Year-Old Victim Chester County Man Convicted In Deadly Carjacking Of 31-Year-Old Victim
Chester County Man Convicted In Deadly Carjacking Of 31-Year-Old Victim A Chester County man was found guilty of murdering a 31-year-old Lancaster County man during a carjacking three years ago, authorities said. Hakeem Smith, 33, of Oxford, was convicted on charges of second-degree murder, robbery of a motor vehicle, and related offenses for the shooting death of Samuel Algarin, of Quarryville, in Sept. 2018, according to the Chester County District Attorney's Office. After spending the evening with his mother and two sons, Algarin picked up his car in a Lower Oxford parking lot to drive back to his mother’s house, authorities said. Investigators say Smi…
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&…
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…
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…
Another Ex-Police Officer Wanted In Kidnapping Of 2 PA Girls: Authorities Another Ex-Police Officer Wanted In Kidnapping Of 2 PA Girls: Authorities
Another Ex-Police Officer Wanted In Kidnapping Of 2 PA Girls: Authorities A second police officer is wanted after a third armed kidnapping took place during the manhunt for Robert Vicosa. Robert Vicosa is wanted for the armed kidnapping of his two daughters Aaminah, 6, and Ginana, 7, from their home in York County, Pennsylvania, as Daily Voice previously reported. A second former Baltimore police officer Tia Bynum is now thought to be with Vicosa, according to police at a press conference on Thursday. The pair is thought to have taken the girls to Baltimore, along the way they committed carjacking in the Cockeysville area of Maryland, according to police. Th…
Bergen Sheriff's Officers Capture Carjacking NYC Fugitive Wanted For Shooting Pregnant GF Bergen Sheriff's Officers Capture Carjacking NYC Fugitive Wanted For Shooting Pregnant GF
Bergen Sheriff's Officers Capture Carjacking NYC Fugitive Wanted For Shooting Pregnant GF Bergen County sheriff's officers captured a New York City fugitive after authorities said he shot his pregnant girlfriend and then carjacked an SUV at gunpoint from a 72-year-old driver outside a local 7-Eleven. Ex-con Dennis Fredericks, 28, of the Bronx fled to New Jersey after the NYPD said he shot the woman in the neck during an argument in a Lower East Side apartment around 8:45 p.m. Thursday. Around 11:30 p.m., he approached an elderly driver who was sitting in a Toyota Highlander in the parking lot of a 7-Eleven on Palisades Avenue in Bogota, borough Police Sgt. Geoffrey Cole sai…
Homeowner Carjacked At Gunpoint In Own Suburban Philly Driveway Homeowner Carjacked At Gunpoint In Own Suburban Philly Driveway
Homeowner Carjacked At Gunpoint In Own Suburban Philly Driveway Police are seeking the public's help in identifying two suspects accused of carjacking a homeowner at gunpoint in their own Bucks County driveway. The victim was entering his personal driveway on Bowman Drive in Feasterville when he was approached by a masked suspect armed with a black handgun around 3:15 a.m. Thursday, according to the Lower Southampton Township Police Department. Soon after, a second masked suspect appeared brandishing a silver handgun, police said. The second suspect searched the victim's pockets and stole his wallet, cash, cell phone, car keys, and house keys…
Police: Fugitive Wanted For Shooting Pregnant Woman Captured After Carjacking, Crash In Bogota Police: Fugitive Wanted For Shooting Pregnant Woman Captured After Carjacking, Crash In Bogota
Police: Fugitive Wanted For Shooting Pregnant Woman Captured After Carjacking, Crash In Bogota GOTCHA! A New York City fugitive wanted for shooting his pregnant girlfriend was captured by Bergen County sheriff's officers after he carjacked an SUV at gunpoint from a 72-year-old driver outside a 7-Eleven in Bogota, authorities confirmed Friday. Ex-con Dennis Fredericks, 28, of the Bronx was on the run after shooting the woman in the neck during an argument in a Lower East Side apartment around 8:45 p.m. Thursday, the NYPD said. The elderly Bogota driver was sitting in his Toyota Highlander in the parking lot of a 7-Eleven on Palisades Avenue when Fredericks approached him around 11:30 …
Saddle Brook Boy Charged With Carjacking His Mom Saddle Brook Boy Charged With Carjacking His Mom
Saddle Brook Boy Charged With Carjacking His Mom A Saddle Brook juvenile was charged with carjacking his own mother, authorities said. The mom was behind the wheel of a rented Hyundai Elantra when she and her son got into an argument and he insisted he be allowed to drive, Capt. John Zotollo Jr. said. The mother "noticed the son had a pocket knife (and) became frightened," Zotollo said. She then "immediately exited the vehicle and called 911," he said. "The son then drove away." Lt. Leigh Cadigan and Officers Adam Georgaros, Peter Romero and Marcos Torres took the boy into custody and recovered the vehicle about two hours later, the cap…