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Shortly before 3:30 am, a man was shot after he was carjacked and forced to drive around.
Police say the victim told them two men pulled up behind him while he was at a stop light at Farm Pond Lane and Albemarle Road. The victim said the men were driving a gray Saturn.
The victim said the men got into his vehicle and forced him to drive to Pegram Street. The suspects then shot him in the leg and stole his car. Police have not released any suspect information.
Three young men attempted to burglarize a home in Cornelius this morning and ended up in a high-speed chase with police officers.
It all started when a woman called police around 10:30 this morning. She heard a knock at her door and saw three black males in an unfamiliar SUV parked in her driveway. She opened her upstairs window and loudly told the burglars she wasn't going to answer her door. The burglars took off... but not before she got the tag number. Of course, the SUV they were driving was stolen!
A short time later, an officer spotted the vehicle in a nearby neighborhood. He attempted to stop the vehicle but the suspects took off. Officers chased the car down Old Statesville Road towards Huntersville. Huntersville Officers deployed stop sticks- which flattened the SUV's tires. The suspects finally stopped in a residential neighborhood.
The suspects jumped from the stolen SUV and carjacked two Huntersville Public Works employees at gunpoint. The suspects sped away in a city truck towing a trailer carrying a lawn mower. Officers chased the suspects from I-77 to Harris Boulevard and then South on Statesville Road.
During the chase, the suspects drove carelessly at a high rate of speed. They ran several cars off the road and travelled on the wrong side of the road to pass other vehicles. Finally, the suspects jackknifed the truck and jumped and ran from the vehicle. (Watch Raw Video of the Chase)
Police chased the suspects on foot and caught all three. Marquis Gaines, 17, (Top Photo) Timothy Hines, 18 (Middle Photo) & Steven Staples, 18 (Bottom Photo) are facing a long list of charges... It didn't stop them from laughing on camera as they were hauled off to jail.
I know this may surprise you... all three men are career criminals. Police say they are investigating the suspects to see if they were involved in other robberies and break-in's in the area.
Shortly after 1:00 this morning, two men from Tennessee stopped to ask for directions at a gas station located off Sunset Road.
The men were approached by three black males who robbed them at gunpoint, shot one of the men and stole their rental car- which police recovered a short time later. Police say the victim's injuries are not life-threatening.
On June 5, 2006, three suspects carjacked a woman and her friend at gunpoint in a parking lot at the corner of Parkwood Ave. & The Plaza. After the carjacking, the suspects ran from police and crashed the stolen car on Harris Blvd.
Police apprehended Sean Smith,(R) Nathan Nance and Tamysha Johnson. All three were charged with two counts of armed robbery, conspiracy and resisting a police officer.
On June 7th, Sean Smith was convicted on two counts of Robbery with a Dangerous Weapon. He was sentenced to 15-19 1/2 years in prison. The cases against the other two suspects in the case are still pending.
UPDATE: Police arrested three suspects they believe are connected to the Intown Suites carjacking. Shortly after 11:00 this morning, the stolen black Honda was spotted by police at The Cedars Apartments, near Albemarle Rd. The police moved in after the suspects crashed into another vehicle and jumped from the car. Police set up a perimeter and were able to apprehend the three suspects within minutes. The three suspects are Antonio Norman, Ramone Norman and Esmail Turay.
Photographer Jonathan Jones went to the apartments and took photos of the scene. I added the photos to the slideshow below. (Photos 5-16)
A man is in the hospital after he was shot and carjacked around 10:00 last night at the Intown Suites located at 7135 Albemarle Rd. The man was robbed of his black Honda Accord by two men. The victim was transported to CMC with serious but non-life threatening injuries.
The police do not have any suspects at this time but the men were described as one white male and one black male. Photographer Jonathan Jones was at the crime scene and shared the following photos (1-4):
Last night, two teenage boys carjacked a man on Milton Road. The teens stole the man's Hyundai Elantra and took off. Thankfully, the victim was not hurt and called police.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police searched for the stolen car and carjackers. An hour later, police spotted the car and followed it. The teens led police on a brief pursuit until the suspects jumped and ran from the car on Eaves Lane.
Police searched the area for the suspects. A neighbor saw the teens hiding in his neighbors boat near Ruth Drive and Dolphin Lane and called police. CMPD officers located the teens and arrested them. Police are unable to provide additional information since the subjects are juveniles. Source: WSOC-TV
