CARJACK VICTIM FOILS KIDNAPPING, ESCAPES.Byline: Amy Raisin Staff Writer NEWHALL - Authorities were looking Friday for two men who abducted abducted Distal angulation of an extremity away from the midline of the body in a transverse plane and away from a sagittal plane passing through the proximal aspect of the foot or part, or away from some other specified reference point a man from a North Hills gas station during a 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 , then crashed the vehicle while fleeing from police. Two others - a 17-year-old boy and 24-year-old Julio Perez, both from the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. - were apprehended after their vehicle crashed at Sierra Highway Sierra Highway is a road in Southern California, United States. It runs from Tunnel Station near the north limit of the City of Los Angeles, where it intersects with San Fernando Road and Foothill Boulevard, as well as Interstate 5, and continues north to Mojave, mostly paralleling and The Old Road, officials said. They were booked on suspicion of carjacking, kidnapping 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. . Their accomplices managed to escape after the crash by carjacking another car and forcing that driver to take them to Van Nuys, said Deputy Robert Wagner of the Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, sheriff's station. They were described as Latinos, ages 18 to 25, both with brown eyes Brown Eyes (브라운 아이즈) was a Korean musical duo, specializing in ballads. Although both members have powerful voices, they were initially disregarded because of their physical looks. and brown hair. One is 6 feet 1 inch tall and weighs about 200 pounds, the other is about 5 feet 5 inches in height and weighs 150 pounds. The incident began about 11 a.m. Thursday at a Mobil station in North Hills, where a Canyon Country man was using a pay phone, Wagner said. Four men confronted the victim, demanded his wallet, then brandished a .44-caliber revolver gun and ordered him into his 2002 Ford Escort Over the years, the name 'Ford Escort' has been used for several models. For more information, see:
Ford Motor Company . The suspects drove the man around Van Nuys all night, stopping occasionally to drink and use drugs, Wagner said. About 7 a.m. Friday, the carjackers drove up to Santa Clarita and ordered the man to give them directions to his mother's house so they could rob her. ``Instead of that, he tried to give directions to the sheriff's station hoping he'd see a deputy'' Wagner said. The carjackers figured out his plan and beat the victim, Wagner said. Near the intersection of McBean Parkway and Creekside Road in Valencia, the man managed to pull the emergency brake and jump out of the vehicle. One of the carjackers fired a shot at the man but missed. The victim called authorities, who caught sight of the carjackers on Interstate 5 and pursued them until they crashed the Escort, Wagner said. Sheriff's Lt. Bill Weiss Bill Weiss is a baseball historian and statistician. He has served as the official statistician for the Pacific Coast League, and edited a weekly newsletter for the California League for over thirty years. said two of the men were caught and treated for injuries before being taken to the Santa Clarita sheriff's station. ``One of them sustained injuries from the car crash and one of the dogs found the other guy. He was treated for dog bites,'' Weiss said. ``Deputies recovered a firearm at the scene.'' Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call the Santa Clarita sheriff's station at (661) 255-1121. Amy Raisin, (661) 257-5254 amy.raisin(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- color -- ran in SAC edition only) Sheriff's deputies and California Highway Patrol officers search for carjackers who escaped after crashing the vehicle. (2 -- ran in SAC edition only) Sheriff's deputies take a carjacking suspect in custody after four suspects crashed a stolen car. One suspect was treated for dog bites after being discovered by police canine units. David R. Crane/Staff Photographer |
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