carjacking

Here's a story of mistaken identity:  a college-aged girl buys a few supplies for a fundraiser (including a box of water) and heads back to her car.  Plain-clothed undercover agents pull guns and start yelling at her, and she panics: she doesn't know that they are officers of the law.

Lafayette Police are looking for a man suspected of a Christmas night carjacking on Gloria Switch Road.

Cpl. Paul Mouton says Dylan Alfred is "considered a person of interest in connection to the recent armed robberies that have occurred within the City of Lafayette."

On August 10, 2011, at approximately 1:35 am, Lafayette Police responded to the 300 block of General Mouton regarding a carjacking.  A female victim reported to officers that she had just entered her vehicle, when the suspect opened the driver’s side door and forced his way inside...

I am guessing that it was 'improper parenting', but, whatever the 'reason', this is just sick:  A 17-year-old boy from Pittsburgh robbed/carjacked an usher from the stadium where the Pirates play baseball.  58-year-old Michael Schacht was leaving an extra-inning game when he was stricken by a heart attack...