MAN ARRESTED IN FAILED CARJACKINGS.Byline: Daily News PEARBLOSSOM -- Sheriff's deputies arrested a Pearblossom man Thursday on suspicion of carrying a gun that discharged outside a Wal-Mart, attempting two carjackings and trying to rob patrons at two eateries. Carlos Flores Flores, town, Guatemala Flores (flōrəs), town (1990 est. pop. 2,200), capital of Petén department, N Guatemala. Flores was built on an island in the southern part of Lake Petén Itzá and on the site of the , 23, was arrested on suspicion of multiple counts of 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. , 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 and robbery, sheriff's Deputy Dave Jennings said. He said Flores apparently came "unglued un·glued adj. 1. Loosened or separated; unfastened. 2. Informal In confused distress; upset. Idiom: come unglued Informal To lose one's composure. " when a firearm he was carrying accidentally discharged outside Wal-Mart on 47th Street East. Jennings said Flores went to a nearby Mirastar service station, fired shots and stole a man's wallet in a botched botch tr.v. botched, botch·ing, botch·es 1. To ruin through clumsiness. 2. To make or perform clumsily; bungle. 3. To repair or mend clumsily. n. 1. carjacking attempt. The deputy said Flores also fired shots at a woman at the entrance of a Jack in the Box in another failed carjacking. Next, Jennings said, Flores went to a Denny's restaurant, took money off tables and was arrested. There were no reports of injuries, but deputies said they are concerned about a man who was at pump No. 5 in a red Ford Focus at the gas station. They asked anyone with information to call the Palmdale station at (661) 272-2400. |
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