Antioch police arrest teens following accident, carjacking

ANTIOCH — A male teenager who stole a woman’s car Sunday after threatening her by gunpoint was arrested, along with two other teens, on Monday following a vehicle accident.

On Sunday night at least one of the teens and another person allegedly accosted the woman in the 1100 block of James Donlon Boulevard and fled in her car, police said. Despite a search, though, neither the suspects nor the car was found that night.

But, on Monday afternoon, that same car was reported to be in a vehicle collision at Golf Course Road and Frederickson Lane. Police said the vehicle had crashed into a light pole and several subjects fled on foot to Mt. Hamilton Drive toward Dallas Ranch Middle School. Officers quickly located and detained two 14-year-olds and one 15-year-old male suspect. Witnesses to the crash identified all three subjects as being in the car, and a further investigation led to one of the males being identified as being involved in Sunday night’s carjacking incident.

All three subjects were arrested and later sent to the Juvenile Hall on a variety of charges, including carjacking, probation violations and other charges related to both incidents, police said.

Some of the victim’s property was also recovered and police credited the bystanders who stepped forward to help them identify those involved.