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Recent Examples of carjacking
Keith Daniels, Baltimore Sun, 7 Feb. 2025
According to their mother, Susan, the boys been kidnapped in a carjacking.
—Dateline Nbc, NBC News, 19 Feb. 2025
In July 2020, Ball was the victim of a violent carjacking when two men beat him and then stole his car.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 18 Feb. 2025
Officers with the Kansas City Police Department met with the victim of a carjacking at a car dealership in south Kansas City on Feb. 12.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 14 Feb. 2025
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Under new Maryland juvenile justice laws, crimes of violence, including robberies and carjackings, should automatically be forwarded to state’s attorney’s offices.
—Keith Daniels, Baltimore Sun, 7 Feb. 2025
According to their mother, Susan, the boys been kidnapped in a carjacking.
—Dateline Nbc, NBC News, 19 Feb. 2025
In July 2020, Ball was the victim of a violent carjacking when two men beat him and then stole his car.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 18 Feb. 2025
Officers with the Kansas City Police Department met with the victim of a carjacking at a car dealership in south Kansas City on Feb. 12.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 14 Feb. 2025
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“Carjacking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carjacking. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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