Police arrested a man in the carjacking of woman whose 11-month-old was in vehicle.
Police said the man pushed her back into the vehicle and sped off, the passenger door still open, as he warned, “Keep screaming and I’m going to stab you.”Police said they found the Mercedes-Benz a day after the Feb. 2 attack abandoned at a gas station in Hyattsville.
A Ring doorbell camera captured the mother screaming. Her cries as she fought for her child were broadcast later on television newscasts. Efforts to reach the victim were not successful.over the past two years, jumping from 142 in the District in 2019 to 426 last year. Numbers are still climbing in the city with 115 through mid-March, up from 92 this time in 2021.
For police, their first break in the Capitol Hill case came when the stolen vehicle was found. Detectives reviewed surveillance video from the gas station and saw a man near the vehicle, walking with a limp and a Cookie Monster hoodie draped over his shoulders.On Feb. 4, police said, an anonymous caller reached out to a tip line and said a man had tried to sell him the Mercedes-Benz over social media for $4,500.
A search of a police database revealed a man with that birth date who had an encounter with law enforcement on Feb. 1 in Southeast Washington, according to court records.
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