VENTURA SUSPECT PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO CARJACKING VAN.Byline: Orith Goldberg Staff Writer A Ventura Ventura (vĕnt  `rə), city (1990 pop. 92,575), seat of Ventura co., SW Calif., on the Pacific coast in a farm and oil region; inc. 1866. man charged with stealing a mini-van from a Valencia Valencia, region, SpainValencia (välān`thēä), autonomous region (1990 pop. 3,902,429) and former kingdom, E Spain, on the Mediterranean. It now comprises the provinces of Alicante, Castellón, and Valencia. woman, who quickly whisked her baby from inside, pleaded not guilty Thursday Thursday: see week. to a charge 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 . Ventura County sheriff's deputies arrested 32-year-old Michael Neighbors in the stolen 1996 green minivan after he was involved in a non-injury collision Tuesday evening near A Street in Fillmore. Neighbors remained in custody on $100,000 bail Thursday and was scheduled to return Aug. 3 to Newhall Municipal Court for a preliminary hearing to determine if he will stand trial. The owner of the minivan, 37-year-old Tina Rost, had moved to Valencia 13 years ago after enduring an armed robbery and a mugging. She and her husband, Joseph, had been mugged in front of their Northridge home. Rost also witnessed an armed robbery while she worked as a bookkeeper at a grocery store. Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County Deputy District Attorney Leslie Kenyon said carjackings are not very common in the area and numbers have risen only slightly as the population has grown. The mother of four parked the family minivan outside a private neighborhood pool on Oak Vale Drive and sent her 11-year-old son to retrieve her 6- and 7-year old children from swimming lessons Tuesday afternoon. While 2-year-old Griffin sat behind Rost in his car seat, a man walked to the van, opened her door and ordered her out, grabbing her arm, she said. Rost got out, then quickly opened the sliding rear door to grab her son before the man drove away. Neighbors was also sought earlier Tuesday by deputies who responded to the home of Neighbor's parents on Rotunda rotunda In Classical and Neoclassical architecture, a building or room that is circular in plan and covered with a dome. The Pantheon is a Classical Roman rotunda. The Villa Rotonda at Vicenza, designed by Andrea Palladio, is an Italian Renaissance example. Drive after a call of a man under the influence of drugs or alcohol. ``We had previously gone to a call where the parents said their son was out of control,'' said Los Angeles County sheriff's Lt. Tim Peters Tim Peters may refer to:
If convicted of carjacking, Neighbors could face nine years in prison, prosecutors said. |
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