Today’s Good News
It was truly a team effort response from First and Second Precinct officers recently to catch the man who carjacked two
men at gunpoint on Columbia Street. Officers
Rebekah Moore and Nathaniel Reese interviewed the victims and broadcast the
suspect’s description and last known direction of travel. While Officer Reese
stayed with the victims, a few minutes later Officers Moore, Luther Burdette and Teru Hayashi spotted the
vehicle on Ruffin Road and attempted to stop it, but the offender refused to
stop and eventually crashed into a fence and ran away on foot.
Officers Michael
Ellison and Joseph MacKnight pursued the man and safely took him into
custody as well as recovered the firearm he used. Based on their investigation,
the officers charged the man with carjacking, being a convicted felon carrying
a concealed weapon, use of a firearm by a convicted felon, destruction of
property, felony eluding police and driving on a suspended license. Good
teamwork!
DISCLAIMER:
The following incidents are preliminary in nature and are subject to change
after investigation. Please note that
the entries listed below do not cover every incident from overnight. The
listings are subject to the judgment of staff officers’ sense of what is
noteworthy.
CRIMES AGAINST PERSONS
2nd Precinct
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT
(DOMESTIC)
9/18/13 2:30 p.m.
1600
block of Columbia Street
A
female reported a known male assaulted her. An arrest was made.
PROPERTY CRIMES
1st Precinct
THEFT FROM MOTOR
VEHICLE
9/18/13 6:30
a.m. – 7:10 a.m.
00
block of North 19th Street
An
unknown person(s) broke into the vehicle and stole a back pack.
3rd Precinct
THEFT FROM MOTOR
VEHICLE
9/12/13
– 9/14/13 7:45 p.m. – 10:00 a.m.
2400
block of Stuart Avenue
An
unknown person(s) entered the vehicle and stole two rings.
4th Precinct
THEFT OF MOTOR
VEHICLE PARTS
9/17/13
– 9/18/13 9:45 p.m. – 10:30 a.m.
2000
block of Seddon Way
An
unknown person(s) stole both license plates off of the vehicle.
