A 72-year-old man is recovering after he said three teens ages (17, 15 and 14 ) attacked and carjacked him outside his home Thursday night in Charlotte.
Santiago Licona, 72, said he had just pulled up in his driveway around 8:30 p.m. when three teens struck him on the head and took his vehicle at gunpoint on Stoneface Road.
"They hit me in the head. I thought they were going to take my eye out," said Licona.
Licona was beaten so badly, he needed several stitches.
A short time after the attack, officers spotted Licona's car and tried to pull it over, but the driver refused to stop. Officers said the teens led police on a chase before jumping out of the car and trying to run away on 4th and Cedar streets.
Dozens of officers responded to the scene and set up a perimeter, eventually arresting them. "I feel good now that the police arrested them. That shows us they are doing a good job," Licona said.
Licona said he's lived in the United States for more than 20 years and he's never been a victim of a crime like this. He said he hates to see people so young turn to violence.
"Young people leave school. I think for them it's now easier to carry a gun than to work," he said.
Detectives learned that the weapons used in the robbery were a BB gun and a paintball gun.
The 14-year-old was charged with common law robbery, resisting arrest, assault with a deadly weapon and felony conspiracy. The 15-year-old was charged with felony conspiracy and resisting arrest. Their names where not released by CMPD. Tyshan Springs, 17, was charged with common law robbery, assault with a deadly weapon, larceny of a motor vehicle, felony conspiracy, resisting arrest and felony flee and elude.
Cedar's Take:
This ain't Tyshan Springs first rodeo. He's has three priors this year in February, March and April for the same offense each time becoming more violent. This his most violent yet is number four, yet he was released by Sheriff Garry McFaden after less than 5 hours on Friday morning.
Let's be clear there is no rehabilitation for thugs like this.
Given the cross town car chase, use of guns, fleeing police until cornered, all three are lucky to be alive.
8 comments:
CMPD should have done us all a favor and dropped this POS in the street. BB Gun or 45 Cal its all fair game.
That is insane!
On a different note...Why has no one looked into the background of the guy that committed this murder (below) and cut this boy to pieces?
https://www.salisburypost.com/2019/05/13/missing-teen-michael-earley-was-beaten-buried-at-suspects-home-warrant-says/
He was dismembered, and the murderer had only been living at that address a few months. No previous address or history at all. You would think this would have gotten more attention from the media.
There are some sick people out there if only we could all just settle our differences without resorting to violence. Isn't that right Chief?
We'll put an ankle monitor on him. Problem solved.
What SteveN doesnt understand is that costs associated with keeping peeps like Josh Powell in the jail are astronmical. They are all on medication, suicide, and gangs. If you give them an ankle monitor, Josh can go get a big boy job and become a productive member of our social compact. These kids just need a good talking to and things will be fine. Brighten up SteveN.
Is Michelle Hummel single again?
Garry does not "let people out of jail ". Either a magistrate or judge sets terms of release.
Juvenile habitual offenders are on the rise, but just wait until they change the age to 18 for adults. The juvenile system here in North Carolina is way to small already. **8WE will see a huge rise in repeat violent offenders then.
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