Carjacking Suspect Arrested
On December 17, 2014 at approximately 8:00 AM, Oakland Police officers were dispatched to the 1300 block of E. 23rd Street to investigate a report of a carjacking. The adult male victim told the police that he had been held up at gunpoint and his car taken. A short time later, officers observed the stolen vehicle in the 5500 block of Foothill Boulevard. As officers attempted to make a stop, the driver fled in the vehicle. The officers pursued the suspect, who collided into a parked vehicle. He then continued to flee on foot before forcing entry through the rear door of a home in the 1900 block of 57th Avenue in an attempt to further evade capture by the police. The officers were able to locate and detain the suspect and place him under arrest for the carjacking.
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