#carjacking

#carjacking

The violent carjacking happened about noon Oct. 1 in the 1100 block of Clay Street. Police said the rideshare driver, a Half Moon Bay resident, had just dropped off a passenger and was sitting in his parked Toyota Prius. A woman then walked up to the vehicle, opened the door and began struggling with the driver before dragging him outside, where she pummeled him repeatedly with her fists, police said.

A man and woman have been charged with being part of a robbery crew that lured cannabis delivery drivers into thinking they were fulfilling legitimate orders, only to rob them at gunpoint upon arrive, court records show. Jordan Cook and her boyfriend. Larue Henderson, were charged with conspiracy and robbery in federal court. The criminal complaint against them describes six similar armed robberies of cannabis delivery drivers this year, all in Berkeley, Hayward, or San Leandro.

The suspect - Albert Decoto, 46, of Oakland, who was arrested Oct. 9 - has been charged with four counts of first degree residential burglary, three counts of first degree residential robbery, one count of carjacking, two counts of vehicle theft, one count of assault on a peace officer and one count of attempted carjacking, all felonies. He has also been charged with misdemeanor counts of resisting a peace officer and possession of a controlled substance.

The victim drove two men to their requested destination on Duffield Street at about 2:30 p.m, police said. When they arrived, the perps said they wanted to go somewhere else and asked for the cab driver's phone so they could enter the address. Once they had the phone in hand, though, they allegedly leaped out of the car and ran to Concord Street, where a white BMW was waiting for them with two other men inside.

A radioactive shrimp recall launched earlier this week has grown to include several brands of bagged, frozen raw and cooked shrimp in nine states, including California. Traces of a compound called cesium-137 were found in shipping containers in four US ports. [Hoodline] According to newly released court filings, a former high school band teacher in Berkeley was arrested in May for allegedly sexually assaulting a 16-year-old student at least five times between March 23 and May 4 of this year.

Edward Coristine, a prominent software engineer, was attacked by a group of teens while protecting his girlfriend during an attempted carjacking in Washington, D.C.

A few days ago, a gang of about a dozen young men tried to assault a woman in her car at night in DC. A @Doge team member saw what was happening, ran to defend her and was severely beaten to the point of concussion, but he saved her. It is time to federalize DC.

President Donald Trump declared intentions to 'federalize' Washington, D.C. citing gang violence, sharing an image of a man injured in an attack related to a carjacking.

"They just came up and punched him in the face," Baltimore City Councilman Isaac "Yitzy" Schliefer, who represents the district where Goldfeiz was assaulted, told the outlet.

The carjacking and involvement of gunfire unfolded rapidly starting in Vacaville, leading to the arrest of two suspects, one of whom was wounded after pointing a firearm at police.

The shooting occurred in the 900 block of Timothy Drive, following a multi-county pursuit that started after a credit union robbery in Concord.