Carjacking Reported In Orinda Wednesday – Suspect Arrested After Bizarre Return Trip
FINAL UPDATE: Two detained near St. Stephens off-ramp after bizarre carjacking, pursuit.
ORIGINAL STORY:
A driver had his car stolen at gunpoint near Orinda Chevron Wednesday night, the victim approached by a young woman who brandished a pistol and ordered him out of his Mercedes E300 sedan.
No injuries were reported during the encounter, reported at approximately 6:30 p.m. After a brief detour into Lafayette, the car and driver were spotted and pursued westbound on Highway 24 in Oakland, where an Oakland police helicopter picked up the chase.
The suspect was initially described as a black woman, 20-25 years old, 5’5″-inches, medium build and armed with a “silver” or nickel-plated handgun.
UPDATE: In a bizarre turn of events, the suspect in this case reportedly drove to Oakland at high speed where she may have picked up a second person before returning east on Highway 24 to the St. Stephens off-ramp of Highway 24 where the car was eventually stopped and one person detained. It appears the fleeing Mercedes collided with another car in the eastbound bore of the Caldecott, although no serious injuries were reported. A search for a second suspect believed to be the woman carjacker is underway as this is written (7:33pm) and Highway 24 is reportedly being shut down to facilitate that search.
Aerial units are overhead, coordinating with searchers on the ground. An ambulance has been summoned to the scene and we believe the outstanding suspect has been detained after contact with a police dog.
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3 agencies had aircover. Highway patrol Cessna, Opd , and coco Sherrif. They just left the scene a moment ago.
Yessir… second person detained.
Chalk up one for the good people (formerly called the good guys)
Unfortunate event for the motorist. Good to hear LEO response resulted in a relatively quick apprehension.
She came BACK????
She did, apparently after picking up a passenger…
She kept it real!
Awesome teamwork!
She’ll be home in time for breakfast.
And then do it again.
Maybe they were thinking of relocating.
Any word on the car they hit in the Caldecott?
Definitely made contact but unknown exact extent of damage. No injuries believed resulted and the victims got a chance to ID the suspect(s) – so there was that.
We’re going to have to stop calling it Borinda.
Well that was exciting – whats on the dance card for tonight?
Don’t know. We never know. Kinda afraid to ask…
I thought your alerts were going to blow up my phone. The kids were grabbing at it to read them too.
Sorry. Those Flash Alerts were flying, it’s true. Say hey to the kids for us…
NEWS24/680
had to read the one were you said she was coming back into town twice to make sure we weren’t seeing things! Crazy times…
Had to re-read it a couple of times before we sent it out, Pat… and definitely!
Good doggie
Well that was fun.
Did they get the gun?
CoCo Sheriff’s arrest summary report shows that one Patience Washington, 18, was arrested last night at 7:30 PM on the St. Stephens offramp for carjacking, display of firearm, and a half-dozen odd other charges. Inmate Locator shows she’s being held on $370K bail.
This is not Ms. Washington’s first appearance here: https://news24-680.com/2022/12/08/its-beginning-to-look-a-lot-like-christmas-for-thieves/
Sounds like the kind of girl you want to take home to meet mom.
Some define patience as the ability to endure difficult circumstances. It remains to be seen if suspect can live up to her name….
OPD posted on the local Nextdoor that arrested along with Ms. Washington was a young gentleman by the name of Corey Hill, who “was booked for felony evading, probation violation, and an outstanding arrest warrant for murder” and “is being held in lieu of $2 million bail.” Guess she did the police a big favor by picking up a bonus catch for them.
Flashed as much of that as we could last night, Alex. Big night in little Orinda.
Sure got the juices flowing…..
Oakland cops leaving it up to our guys to make the arrest once again, some of that Oakland PD budget should go to Lamorinda eh?
How is your relationship with the local departments? Just curious.
So sad …….Ride or die for a man ?But if knew her background it’s alot of the sadness and turmoil……