Police investigate Hamilton carjacking
By Penny Ray |
PUBLISHED: March 26, 2014 at 6:38 p.m. | UPDATED: August 19, 2021 at 2:57 a.m.
HAMILTON – Police are investigating a carjacking that took place Sunday on Lafayette Avenue.
According to law enforcement, around 8:15 p.m. Sunday, Officers Keith Rutherford and Jeffrey Galant were dispatched to a 7- Eleven store in the 2200 block of South Broad Street to investigate a reported robbery. Upon arrival, the victim told police that he was driving home when his car stalled on Lafayette Avenue. The victim said that he was sitting in the driver's seat attempting to start the car when another vehicle stopped behind him. The victim said a black male then approached his window, pointed a handgun, and ordered him out of the car.
The victim told police that as he was standing outside of his car, the suspect knocked him to the ground. The victim said a second male suspect then held him down and took his cell phone and cash from his pockets. The victim said the male suspect who held the victim at gunpoint then drove away in the victim's red Kia Rio.
The victim said the second male suspect fled the scene in a two-door burgundy colored Mercedes coupe with a Pennsylvania license plate.
Police found the victim's car less than hour later on Field Avenue near Lida Street.
The suspect with the handgun is described as a black male in his 20s, approximately 5-feet-7-inches tall, weighing 150 lbs. and wearing all-dark clothing.
The second suspect is described as a black male in his 20s, approximately 5-feet-3-inches tall, weighing 160 lbs. and wearing a red hooded sweatshirt.
Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to contact Detective Daniel Inman of the Hamilton Police Division's Criminal Investigations Section at (609) 581-4035. Or use the Hamilton Police Crime Tip Hotline at (609)581-4008.
Penny Ray