CARJACK SUSPECT WANTED.Byline: Bhavna Mistry Mistry is a surname, and may refer to:
This page or section lists people with the surname Mistry. Daily News Staff Writer Sheriff's deputies are searching for a Palmdale Palmdale, city (1990 pop. 68,842), Los Angeles co., S Calif., in the irrigated Antelope Valley; a growing residential suburb of Los Angeles near Little Rock Creek where it forms Lake Palmdale Reservoir, inc. 1962. teen-ager they describe as the leader of a series of carjacking The criminal taking of a motor vehicle from its driver by force, violence, or intimidation. The u.s. justice department categorizes the crime of carjacking as a "completed or attempted Robbery of a motor vehicle by a stranger attempts last week, when assailants attacked their victims with a baseball bat. Palmdale gang detail deputies identified Kristopher White, 18, of Palmdale as the prime suspect in a two-day crime spree involving three attempted carjackings and a robbery of a Food 4 Less store. ``He's the main player,'' said Deputy John Keiss. ``He's the one that attacked the people with the bats.'' Officials said five young men or teen-agers are suspected in the attacks. Three remain in custody after their arrests early Thursday when a deputy spotted them driving a car with no license plates. Fernando Fiero, 19, Alfredo Cervantes, 23, and a 17-year-old boy, all of Lancaster, were arrested on suspicion of attempted carjacking, robbery, vandalism The intentional and malicious destruction of or damage to the property of another. The intentional destruction of property is popularly referred to as vandalism. It includes behavior such as breaking windows, slashing tires, spray painting a wall with graffiti, and and assault with a deadly weapon Assault with a Deadly Weapon is the term used to describe the act of threatening to harm one or more people by using a weapon (usually a firearm). Here, assault must be differentiated from battery as they are often confused. Assault is threatening to use force. . They are self-proclaimed gang members who are trying to make a name for their group, Keiss said. ``They want to be the up-and-coming thing,'' he said. ``They started as a tagging party crew.'' White, who has a $750,000 warrant out for his arrest, was last known to be at his mother's home in the 38600 block of Pond Avenue. He had been charged earlier with battery on school grounds. Officials said White and four others are suspects in the carjacking attacks that took place shortly after 11 p.m. Oct. 12 in front of a house near Domenic Massari Park, at a shopping center shopping center, a concentration of retail, service, and entertainment enterprises designed to serve the surrounding region. The modern shopping center differs from its antecedents—bazaars and marketplaces—in that the shops are usually amalgamated into at 47th Street East and Avenue S, and in the Palmdale Wal-Mart parking lot. All the motorists refused to hand over their keys and two were hit with baseball bats. A third escaped injury when he ran. On Oct. 13, at least four young men entered the Food 4 Less store on Avenue S and 25th Street East and fled with beer and food after attacking a store manager who had held the youngest of the group. Described as 12 or 13 years old, the youngest has not been identified and remains at large, deputies said. Anyone with information as to the whereabouts where·a·bouts adv. About where; in, at, or near what location: Whereabouts do you live? n. (used with a sing. or pl. of White is asked to contact the Palmdale sheriff's station at (805) 267-4300. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO (Color) WHITE |
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