Teen from Oakland charged in San Bruno armed carjacking
An Oakland man has been arrested and charged in a San Bruno carjacking where a resident was trying to sell a BMW using the internet.
SAN BRUNO — An 18-year-old Oakland man suspected of using a gun to steal a car that was advertised for sale on different internet platforms, has been arrested and charged with three felonies, including carjacking, authorities said Friday.
A female accomplice is still being sought.
Besides the carjacking count, the suspect, Isaiah Ireland Jr., who was arrested Wednesday in Oakland, has also been charged with conspiracy to commit a crime and assault with a firearm. He is being held in lieu of $300,000 bail at the San Mateo County Jail.
San Bruno police said the theft of the BMW happened about 6 p.m. Tuesday. A resident was attempting to sell the car online and a man, who turned out to be Ireland, requested to see the vehicle. The victim did not know Ireland before the two met in the 1100 block of Cherry Avenue, police said.
Ireland arrived with a female and after looking at the BMW for a short time, the female distracted the owner as Ireland got into the driver’s seat with the keys, police said. When the owner tried to intervene, police said Ireland pulled a pistol and pointed it at him before he and the female fled in the BMW.
San Bruno police entered information about the BMW into a national database for stolen vehicles. About 6 p.m. Wednesday the car was spotted by an Oakland Housing Authority employee on 65th Avenue in East Oakland who called OHA police, Lt. Ryan Johansen said.
When OHA police responded, Ireland was inside the car with a female passenger. Ireland ran from the vehicle but was quickly arrested and was later identified by the carjacking victim as the suspect, police said. The female who was in the car with Ireland was not the same one involved in the carjacking, police said. The female being sought is described as black, about 5 feet 6 and 130 pounds with short braided hair close to her scalp and tattoos on both arms.
Anyone with information about the carjacking or the female being sought is asked to call San Bruno police at 650-616-7100 or by email at sbpdtipline@sanbruno.ca.gov. Information can be left anonymously.
San Bruno police said they encourage those who buy and sell items over the internet to choose a safe and public place to meet unknown people. There is an “Internet Purchase Exchange Location” directly outside the police department on Huntington Avenue offering 24-hour live video recording for public use.
Angela Ruggiero contributed to this report.