Friday Dec 27, 2013
At around 8:50 PM on Friday, December 27, 2013, a lone suspect committed two separate carjackings in Hacienda Heights and the City of Industry. The first carjacking occurred at a restaurant parking lot at 7th Avenue and the 60 Freeway, Hacienda Heights, when the suspect told the male adult victim he had a gun and demanded his vehicle (green Dodge Neon). The first victim complied and the suspect fled northbound 7th Avenue where he abandoned the vehicle in the supermarket parking lot at Turnbull Canyon Road and Gale Avenue in the City of Industry. The suspect then confronted a second victim (female adult) in the parking lot and physically assaulted her by hitting her on the head with a glass bottle. The suspect then stole her vehicle (beige Lexus).
As Industry station deputies were responding to area of the first carjacking, the suspect nearly collided into a patrol car. Realizing that the vehicle that nearly collided into them could possibly be related to the carjacking which had just happened, Deputies conducted a traffic stop and detained the driver without incident. Moments later they learned of the second carjacking and confirmed the suspect they were detaining was the same person.
The first carjacking victim was uninjured and did not require any medical treatment. The second victim was medically treated at the scene by L.A. County Fire for minor injuries.
No firearm was located.
Sergeant G. Taylor,
Captain Timothy Murakami
Industry Sheriff's Station
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
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Leroy D. Baca, Sheriff
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
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