[Lincolnparkdc] Carjacking around 1230 Independence Ave (our garage entrance for 159 Kentucky) 2130 Tuesday

[liberty Ann]

Jessica, I'm so sorry this happened to you. I'm glad you're OK. I hope they
find theese creeps.
Ellen

On Thu, Jul 13, 2023, 12:03 AM Diana Quinn <diana at muddypaws.com> wrote:

> This must have been so terrifying! I am so sorry to see this and please
> let us k ow when they are caught. This is crazy. I’m glad that Jessica is
> Ok and that the car is OK. Intolerable.
>
> On Wed, Jul 12, 2023 at 11:59 PM Paul Krupa <paul.krupa at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I sent the first message before remembering to attach a video. Jessica
>> said officer turned it over to the carjacking department.
>> Paul
>> 159 Kentucky
>>
>> > On Jul 12, 2023, at 20:30, Paul Krupa <paul.krupa at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Last night Jessica was assaulted by two carjacking thugs around 2130
>> Tuesday. She had returned home and unloaded bags into the garage before
>> locking up the car and heading to the rear gate entrance. Per the video,
>> two young men, each wearing a light colored hoody, were approaching
>> eastwardly on the Northside sidewalk about 25 meters away. She failed to
>> see them as she approached the gate entrance inside our iron fence yard.
>> The perpetrators followed quickly surprising her, grabbing her bag as she
>> was preparing to unlock the door. The three struggled in a tug of war over
>> her bag as they demanded her keys, phone and bag, maybe even threatening
>> her. Jessica gave them her keys and they ran to the car squealing away as a
>> male bystander ran up to help Jessica and call 911.
>> > The police arrived quickly and were very helpful and supportive. We had
>> recently attached Apple tracking tags to the keys and Jessica was able to
>> show the police where the keys were. About an hour later they located the
>> car in a parking lot near some apartments on Benning Road. She went to
>> retrieve the car and drove it back after the police dusted for prints and
>> made a futile search for the key fob tracker.
>> > I had contacted the locksmith and they showed up later that evening to
>> change the locks on the doors but were not equipped to changed the dead
>> bolt gate key which left Jessica nervous about potential egress into the
>> back yard. They did come today to complete the work.
>> > Since we did not recover the fob key I ordered a steering wheel lock to
>> prevent the car from being driven since the thugs could have returned to
>> steal the car again. Jessica took it to work today and parked at the
>> airport to mitigate that risk.
>> > The car was not damaged and I suspect the thugs intended to drive it
>> today. The key fob did seem to move a bit indicating they had kept them.
>> But now they are showing up last seen in the middle of a Benning Road
>> intersection.
>> > Paul
>> > 159 Kentucky
>>
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