DEPUTIES JAIL CARJACKING SUSPECTS, SAVE VICTIMS.Byline: Greg Botonis Staff Writer LANCASTER - Sheriff's deputies rescued two carjack car·jack or car-jack tr.v. car·jacked, car·jack·ing, car·jacks To commit forcible theft of (a vehicle) from its users. [car + (hi)jack. victims - one bound and locked in the trunk - after stopping a car for speeding. Officials said that had deputies not came across the men, the two victims could have been killed. ``They were very intent on killing the one,'' said Lt. Stephen Smith of the Lancaster sheriff's station. ``They did say that they were going to kill both of them, though.'' Jovon Lamont Williams, 20, of Lancaster and William Alridge, 19, of Lancaster are in custody on suspicion 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 , 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. . Each was being held in lieu of $100,000 bail. Deputies said they spotted a speeding car near Stanridge Avenue and East Lancaster Boulevard just after 1:20 a.m. Friday. They pulled the vehicle over and decided that the driver, Williams, and passenger Willie Walker Willie Walker (born 19 May 1978, New Zealand) is a New Zealand rugby union footballer, currently playing in the Guinness Premiership for Gloucester Rugby. He plays as a Fly-half or a fullback. External Links
Deputies separated the two. As they questioned Walker, he whispered to a deputy that he and his friend had been carjacked. He told deputies his friend, John Anthony John "Jack" Anthony (born January 19, 1988) is a Collingwood Magpies footballer in the Australian Football League. A tough as nails defender from Collingwood territory in the northern suburbs of Melbourne, Anthony has been earmarked by the club to hold down the fullback Anzalone, 18, of Lancaster was locked in the car's trunk. Deputies handcuffed Williams and put him in the patrol car, then checked the trunk. They found Anzalone bound with duct tape duct tape n. A usually silver adhesive tape made of cloth mesh coated with a waterproof material, originally designed for sealing heating and air-conditioning ducts. Noun 1. , severely beaten and bleeding badly. Anzalone was taken to Antelope Valley Hospital for treatment. Deputies said they were told the carjacking was carried out by Williams and a friend. Investigators identified the friend as Alridge and arrested him at his home. |
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