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Attempted Carjacking
Fairfax, VA
News
Bystanders Intervene, Detain Carjacker Until Officers Arrive In Virginia, Police Say
A carjacker who ran roughshod in Fairfax County during a 90-minute crime spree over the weekend was quickly apprehended by police, officials say. Ranzo Johnson, 38, terrorized some of his neighbors in Annandale on Saturday after first stealing a Lexus and then attempting several other carjackings in the area. According to the Fairfax County Police Department, the incident began at around 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 6. Investigators say that Johnson carjacked his first victim in the 7600 block of Allman Drive in Annandale, taking off in a woman's black Lexus SUV, which became disabled…
Manassas, VA
Police & Fire
Armed Robber Takes Himself To Police Station After Attempted Gunpoint PWC Robbery: Cops
A 21-year-old man was arrested in what police say was a drug deal gone bad in Prince William County. The victim, also 21, had arranged to buy marijuana from Dorian Hugh Wilhoit, county police said. The victim and other acquaintances met Wilhoit at the Woodbridge Station Apartments located in the 1400 block of Ranger Lp. around midnight on Monday, June 10, police said. While the victim was outside of the vehicle and near the apartment building, Wilhoit bypassed the victim and ran towards the vehicle. He demanded the female occupants, who were between the ages of 17-23, get out of …
Manassas, VA
Police & Fire
Man Wanted For Elementary School Robbery Busted For Breaking Into Virginia Bank: Police
Hector Manuel Diaz-Gonzalez seemingly knows no bounds when it comes to committing crime in Prince William County. Already wanted for a reported robbery at Kyle Wilson Elementary School in Woodbridge earlier this year, Diaz-Gonzalez is now facing severe consequences after being busted for a bank robbery, authorities announced on Monday. Police say that shortly before 10:50 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 23, officers were called to the Burke & Herbert Bank in the 14000 block of Smoketown Road in Woodbridge to investigate when an alarm went off. Upon arrival, officers found Diaz-G…
York, PA
Traffic
Woman Shot In Chest By Maryland Sex Offender On I-83 In PA: State Police
A 22-year-old registered sex offender from Baltimore, Maryland was arrested following a nearly eight-hour manhunt along Interstate 83— which involved an innocent bystander getting shot in the chest, according to Pennsylvania State Police. Jajayevoune Jerome Lee also known as Jajyevoune Lee-Jenkins was fleeing from an armed robbery in Springettsbury Township around 7:15 on Monday, June 5, 2023, PSP explained. The troopers were given a description of Lee, the vehicle he escaped in, and were told a woman was driving— which helped troopers spot him on I-83S near Exit 10 and initiate a traff…
Bowie, MD
Police & Fire
Carjacking Victim Scares Off Thieves In Oxon Hill Parking Garage
Detectives are investigating an attempted carjacking after a suspect tried to steal a vehicle out of an Oxon Hill garage. Prince George’s County police officers were called to the parking garage at the MGM National Harbor around 3 a.m. after a man was threatened at gunpoint. Investigation revealed that the man was walking to his vehicle when the suspect approached him and demanded his vehicle. When the victim resisted, the suspect tried to fight him, resulting in the suspect's gun going off. No one was struck in the incident and the suspect got back into the vehicle he arrived …
Gaithersburg, MD
Police & Fire
Teen, Two Minors Busted For Attempted Audi Carjacking Outside Maryland Grocery Store: Police
The owner of an Audi was able to fight off a teen and two minors who viciously beat him outside a Maryland grocery store before the trio was ultimately apprehended by police in Montgomery County, officials announced. Washington, DC resident Kaiyon Denell Porter, and two juvenile suspects are facing charges following a violent attempted carjacking that saw a Good Samaritan coming to the aid of the Audi owner, investigators say. The incident began at approximately 8:50 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 21, when Montgomery County Department of Police 3rd District officers were downtown and spotted three&nb…
Gaithersburg, MD
Police & Fire
DC Teens Busted After Bystanders Step In To Stop Attempted Carjacking
Three young teenage boys from Washington D.C. have been arrested and charged with an attempted carjacking in Rockville Town Square, authorities say. The 14-year-old boys, all wearing ski masks, ran up to the victim who was walking away from her parked Toyota Rav4 in the 20 block of Maryland Avenue, before pushing her to the ground and demanding her keys at gunpoint around noon on Monday, Oct. 3, according to Montgomery County police. The victim began screaming, which got the attention of witnesses who ran to help, scaring off the boys. The witnesses then chased the teens and took pic…
Mount Pleasant, NY
Police & Fire
Driver Holds Would-Be Carjacker Until Police Arrive In Westchester
An alleged attempted carjacker in Westchester was held down by the owner of the vehicle until police could arrive on the scene. The incident took place around 6:35 a.m., Thursday, Feb. 4, when Greenburgh Police officers responded to the BP Gas Station located at 190 Aqueduct Road for a report of a robbery in progress, said Lieutenant Kobie Powell. Upon their arrival the officers found a man being restrained on the ground by another man. The investigation revealed that the man, identified as Jaryneah Wilson, 41, address unknown, entered the victim’s car and …
Bristol, PA
Police & Fire
Police: Man Lead I-95 Pursuit In Stolen Dump Truck After Trying To Force Woman From Her Car
A 24-year-old Virginia man lead a wild police pursuit in a dump truck he stole moments after trying to force a woman out of her car while stopped at a red light in Bucks County, authorities said Wednesday. Newtown Township and Lower Makefield police officers responded to a report of a motor vehicle theft on Jan. 5, around 10:50 p.m, at the intersection of the Newtown Bypass and Lindenhurst Road, authorities said. The suspect was later identified as Joseph Anthony Gonzalez, police said. Gonzalez, originally from Ruckersville, Virginia, had caused a disturbance in a nearby BB&T Bank…
Pascack Valley, NJ
Police & Fire
Westwood PD: Career Burglar Chased By Homeowner Captured By Police After Attempted Carjacking
A career criminal chased by a Westwood homeowner for a burglary Friday tried to carjack a vehicle to get away, said police who captured him. The Park Avenue homeowner chased the intruder while a family member dialed 911 shortly before 2 p.m., Westwood Police Chief Michael Pontillo said. Police from Westwood and Hillsdale were on the scene instantly and nabbed ex-con Sean Byrne, 51, of Union City, along the railroad tracks across from an apartment complex on Valley Avenue, the chief said. Westwood police charged him with attempted carjacking, burglary, resisting arrest and criminal mischie…
