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ST. LOUIS — A 14-year-old boy was charged as an adult Tuesday with killing a woman during a 48-hour crime spree last year that included nine carjackings, two ATM robberies and the shooting death of a woman. Brian Wellington, of Overland, is facing charges of first-degree murder, attempted robbery and two counts of armed criminal action in the death of 38-year-old Kay Johnson in the 4700 block of Compton Avenue. Charging documents say Wellington and another boy, Deshaun Harris, were riding in a stolen 2019 Nissan sedan on Jan. 24, 2023, when they got out and approached Johnson’s vehicle. Both...

Authorities believe they've found the body of a Homestead woman who had gone missing after her carjacking at gunpoint in central Florida was caught on camera, and are searching for the suspects involved in her killing. Katherine Altagracia Guerrero De Aguasvias was abducted Thursday after a witness recorded an armed suspect pointing a weapon at her at an intersection in Winter Springs, Seminole County Sheriff's Office officials said. The 31-year-old woman had left Homestead earlier in the day and drove north in a white Dodge Durango until she reached Seminole County. As she was driving, a green Acura rammed into...

Police believe an attempted carjacking in the parking lot of Murray fitness center led to the shootings of both the victim and the man accused of trying to take her car. About 10:45 p.m. Wednesday, Murray police were called to the EOS Fitness parking lot, 5550 S. 900 East, on a report of shots fired. "When officers arrived they learned that it was an attempted carjacking where the victim and suspect both received gunshot wounds," police said in a prepared statement. A woman in her 20s was shot in the abdomen and taken to a local hospital in critical condition....

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A woman who is three months pregnant says she was carjacked at gunpoint after a crash, but an AirTag hidden inside a Bible helped her track down her vehicle. Zaliyah Hughes said she was headed to Tops Bar-B-Que on Summer Avenue when a light-colored Nissan crashed into the passenger side of her Hyundai Sonata at the intersection of Summer and Holmes. “I was going through the light, and they were supposed to stop. They were speeding and hit me,” said Hughes.”Once they hit me, the man who had a black mask on already had his gun pointed...

Former Trump Administration official Mike Gill has died after being shot in front of his wife during a carjacking in Washington DC. Gill, a married father of three, was shot by the unnamed suspect on K Street NW about 5.45pm last Monday and died in hospital on Saturday. He was collecting his wife, an education lawyer, when he was shot inside the car by the attacker. He stumbled outside the vehicle and collapsed. Gill's wife rushed over to him and held his hand as he lay bleeding on the ground with one foot still inside the car, his right hand...

An accomplished Republican professional who served as chief operating officer of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) during the Donald Trump administration was among those shot in a vicious carjacking spree in Washington, D.C., on Monday night, one that ended in police killing the perpetrator in Maryland early Tuesday morning. Mike Gill is in a hospital in critical condition after being shot while picking up his wife, an education lawyer, blocks from the White House on K Street in downtown D.C. at 5:45pm. “We can confirm that Mike Gill was the victim of the shooting at the 900 block of...

An Ohio State University assistant football coach was carjacked recently while visiting Cleveland to recruit for the school. The coach was in town visiting Ginn Academy when he was carjacked at gunpoint…. Responding officers used a helicopter to track the vehicle and its four occupants. When it finally came to a stop, the occupants jumped out and ran off. They were captured a short time later.

A stricken widower is suing the parents of four teenagers who dismembered his 73-year-old wife by viciously dragging her along behind her own SUV during a horrific fatal carjacking. Rickey Frickey launched the lawsuit to hold the parents 'responsible', his attorney said, holding them partly to blame for her March 2022 death in a newly filed suit, seeking at least $50,000 in damages. After the final perpetrator, John Honore, 18, was convicted of murder this week, Linda's grieving husband is suing Honore's parents and those of three others involved. Honore's accomplices, Briniyah Baker, 17, Lenyra Theophile, 16, and Mar'Qel Curtis,...

Police say an agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was carjacked by two armed suspects Wednesday afternoon in Washington, DC. Approximately 30 minutes after the incident, the vehicle involved was located a mile away from the scene, the New York Post reported Thursday. An image shows what appears to be officers at the scene: FBI agent carjacked in Washington, DC: Police https://t.co/AXAYkdyzOE — Fox News (@FoxNews) November 30, 2023

A New Orleans teenager has been found guilty of murdering grandmother Linda Frickey who had one of her arms torn off in a violent carjacking in March last year. It took a jury less than four hours to convict Honore on Monday. He now faces a mandatory life sentence on a charge of second degree murder.

Washington DC will hand out free AirTags to residents to track stolen cars in light of the rising levels of crime. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced in a press conference that residents living in areas with the highest reports of carjackings will receive a free tracking device. Free AirTags will be distributed at three different events held from November 7-9 and residents will have to show proof of residency and an address that matches the eligible areas. Bowser said at the press conference: 'These tags and tiles will help MPD recover stolen vehicles and hold people accountable. 'The word will also...

NBC News just published this article, which is about a a heroic law abiding gun owner who shot and killed a 13-year-old serial armed carjacker in Washington D.C.:https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/juvenile-in-critical-condition-after-shooting-in-penn-quarter/3456217That article includes a link to this previous article, which details the many armed carjackings that had previously been committed by this 13-year-old when he was 12. Even though the police had him in custody, the district attorney decided to let him go.https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/12-year-old-accused-in-string-of-dc-armed-carjackings/3342708/Prior to his arrest and release, this juvenile delinquent had been committing several armed carjackings per week. Think of all the armed carjackings that this 13 year-old scumbag will never commit...

A Florida man recently released from jail is back behind bars after surveillance footage from a gas station allegedly showed him carjacking a woman pumping fuel into her vehicle. Andrew McClellan, 31, was booked into the Volusia County Jail Thursday on multiple charges, including vehicle grand theft and battery on a law enforcement officer. The charges stem from a incident in Orange County, where McClellan stole an SUV from a woman pumping gas at a Mobil station in Apopka. ... By the time she noticed what was happening, he was inside the car and attempting to drive off. ... the...

President Biden on Tuesday spoke to Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) after he was a victim of an armed carjacking in Washington, D.C., the night before. “The president did have an opportunity to speak with the congressman today, and we will always continue to speak out against any sort of violence,” press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters. “We are certainly grateful and relieved that the congressman was unharmed, and we are thankful to the law enforcement to have reacted so quickly.” Cueller said that three young men came up behind him with guns as he was leaving his car to go...

UPDATE: Initial reports indicate Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas was carjacked Monday evening in D.C. Law enforcement is on the lookout for three black males wearing all black clothing. UPDATE: Initial reports indicate Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas was carjacked Monday evening in D.C. Law enforcement is on the lookout for three black males wearing all black clothing. Wow. This is bad. They even put guns to his head. Rep. Henry Cuellar was carjacked right outside a dorm building in which dozens or House members live, per an alert sent to the members. 3-4 men held guns to his head,...

WASHINGTON — Police say a sitting member of Congress was carjacked Monday night in Southeast D.C. At 9:30 p.m., the Metropolitan Police Department confirmed there was an armed carjacking that occurred at the intersection of K Street and New Jersey Avenue, SE. Investigators say a white Honda CHR with Texas tags RYL-2900 was stolen from a member of Congress. Police say to be on the lookout for three men wearing black all alleged to be involved in the carjacking. WUSA9 has confirmed that the carjacking victim was Representative Henry Cuellar (D-TX). His office says he was not injured and is...

BREAKING: Member of Congress was just carjacked at gunpoint at Navy Yard in DC Henry Cuellar (D-TX)

An MMA fighter is recovering after carjackers dragged him through the streets of Philadelphia. Egor Kostyuchenko, 25, was picking up food for his side gig as a food delivery driver, and left his 2008 Mercedes C300 running with keys in the ignition and driver's side window rolled down just after 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 5, according to police and those who knew him. Three men jumped inside of the car on the at 1000 block of Cherry Street, and drove down Race Street. Kostyuchenko grabbed onto the window of his car as the vehicle continued to speed away, the...

(Shivanthi Sathanandan Facebook post) Shivanthi Sathanandan is a vice chairwoman of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party. Alpha News reports that in June of 2020, she was strongly in support of dismantling the Minneapolis police department. In a social media post, she thanked two city council members for their radical leadership toward that end, adding, “We are going to dismantle the Minneapolis Police Department. Say it with me.”Tuesday evening, she was assaulted and carjacked in front of her children in the driveway of her Minneapolis home. In a Facebook post, she included a picture of her bloody face with the following...

One of the vice chairs of the Minnesota DFL Party says she was violently carjacked in front of her children in the driveway of her Minneapolis home Tuesday. (Facebook) One of the vice chairs of the Minnesota DFL Party says she was violently carjacked in front of her children in the driveway of her Minneapolis home Tuesday. “Four very young men, all carrying guns, beat me violently down to the ground in front of our kids. The young men held our neighbors up at gunpoint when they ran over and tried to help me. All in broad daylight,” DFL Second...