Man arrested for Antioch carjacking, kidnapping woman inside vehicle
Following car and foot chase through city; residents’ calls help police apprehend suspect; victim escapes
By Lt. John Fortner Antioch Police Department Field Services Division
According to Sgt. Rob Green on Wednesday, November 13, 2024, at 10:36 a.m., “We had a carjacking on Lone Tree Way. APD officers located the stolen vehicle and chased it. The suspect dumped the vehicle in a driveway and fled onto the freeway where he tried to car jack several more vehicles. We were able to catch him, and one adult male is in custody.”
Later, the department issued the following information about the case:
Antioch police officers arrested an Antioch man in connection with a carjacking and pursuit this morning. At 8:48 a.m., the Antioch Police Dispatch Center began receiving multiple emergency calls reporting a vehicle crash near Lone Tree Way and Slatten Ranch Road. Callers reported seeing a man running from a black sedan that was disabled in the roadway into the Slatten Ranch Shopping Center. Shortly afterward, several callers reported that the same man carjacked a silver SUV in the parking lot near the Panda Express restaurant. The suspect began to drive away in the SUV with the owner, an Antioch female, still inside the vehicle. After driving a short distance, the victim was able to escape the vehicle near the Walmart shopping center.
Officers arrived on the scene and located the unoccupied black sedan and the victim of the carjacking. During the investigation, officers patrolling the area found the carjacked SUV, and a vehicle pursuit began. The pursuit was terminated because the suspect approached a school zone at a high rate of speed. The suspect then abandoned the vehicle in the 3100 block of View Drive and ran to the area of Alcala Street and West Tregallas Road where he attempted to enter several parked cars. Witnesses in the neighborhood called the police to report the suspicious activity. As officers converged on the area, the suspect fled on-foot northbound onto Highway 4, where he was safely taken into custody.
The Antioch Police Department would like to thank the residents who called to help the victim in this case and report the suspicious activity in their neighborhood. Your assistance is invaluable.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Antioch Police Department non-emergency line at (925) 778-2441 or the Investigations Bureau at (925) 779-6925. You may also text-a-tip to 274637 (CRIMES) using the key word ANTIOCH.
Allen D. Payton contributed to this report.
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Carjacking vehicle at Antioch home 11-13-24 APD
