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Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 28 Jan. 2025
While the number of juveniles who fell victim to homicides and non-fatal shootings declined in 2024, the City experienced a large increase in robberies and carjackings.
—Alexa Ashwell, Baltimore Sun, 8 Jan. 2025
Now, Alameda County prosecutors claim Montiel is the man who shot and killed an Alameda resident on Dec. 30, a homicide that police say is directly connected to an earlier armed carjacking.
—Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2025
According to crime data, there have been more than 450 carjackings this year.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 3 Jan. 2025
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Sacramento police officers detained a suspect Tuesday accused of being involved in a carjacking on Florin Road and then barricading inside a car in a city neighborhood.
—Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 28 Jan. 2025
While the number of juveniles who fell victim to homicides and non-fatal shootings declined in 2024, the City experienced a large increase in robberies and carjackings.
—Alexa Ashwell, Baltimore Sun, 8 Jan. 2025
Now, Alameda County prosecutors claim Montiel is the man who shot and killed an Alameda resident on Dec. 30, a homicide that police say is directly connected to an earlier armed carjacking.
—Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2025
According to crime data, there have been more than 450 carjackings this year.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 3 Jan. 2025
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“Carjacking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carjacking. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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