San Mateo, CA - Local police reported a just-married couple was almost carjacked at a Taco Bell on East Fourth Avenue on the way to their honeymoon night at the Embassy Suites Hotel.
Still in his tuxedo, the 21-year-old groom left his bride, 22, in his running 2003 Nissan Altima to grab a quick snack before heading to the hotel. A young man, later identified as Alan Ticas-Soto, ran up to the idling car and hopped into the driver's seat.
As Ticas-Soto, 21, tried to put the vehicle in reverse, the bride screamed and attempted to escape. Hearing her cries, the groom returned to help her. Finally freed, she fell from the car. Ticas-Soto found first gear and smashed head-on into the Taco Bell sign facing him.
Clearly stuck, the would-be carjacker got out and ran off. Police officer Brendan Boyle spotted him headed south on South Delaware Street and Ninth Avenue. The young man was quickly arrested and admitted using amphetamines for the past three days. He is in being held in San Mateo County Jail on drug and carjacking charges.
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ReplyDeleteLead: "Local police reported" is a pretty dull way to open this colorful story. And "when" did it happen?
P2: later identified by whom?
P4: arrested on a charge of felony carjacking ... the young man told police he had been using amphetamines for the past three days.
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