How to Use carjacking in a Sentence
carjacking
noun- The police are investigating another carjacking.
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But nonfatal shootings fell by 18% last year, according to the city, and carjackings dropped by a third.
— Ken Dilanian, NBC News, 2 Oct. 2024 -
Police arrested three men in connection with an armed carjacking Thursday evening in Elyria.
— Kaylee Remington, cleveland, 28 Jan. 2022 -
Earlier this week in New York, three carjacking incidents were reported in Manhattan in the span of an hour.
— Stephanie Pagones, Fox News, 16 Jan. 2022 -
After fleeing the scene of the carjacking and allegedly stealing merchandise from a store, Smith went to a nearby apartment parking garage, according to police.
— Juan A. Lozano, Chron, 25 Jan. 2022 -
The city worker was working at the time of the carjacking.
— Phil Helsel, NBC News, 24 May 2023 -
Each hate crime charge carries up to 10 years in prison, and the carjacking charge up to 15 years.
— CBS News, 29 Nov. 2023 -
Two of the four youths who escaped are charged in a carjacking.
— Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 30 July 2024 -
The number of carjackings in the city has soared this year compared to last year.
— Martin Weil, Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2023 -
The suspect may be linked to other carjackings in the area.
— Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 27 July 2023 -
At the time of the carjacking, Walker was in her 2008 Acura TL.
— Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 31 Mar. 2023 -
The gun was stolen during an armed carjacking on Dec. 2.
— Fox News, 22 Feb. 2022 -
The story slows to a crawl toward the end, even with a scene featuring a carjacking.
— Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 17 Jan. 2024 -
The 14-year-old was convicted of five counts of carjacking for crimes committed in the span of two days.
— Louis Casiano, Fox News, 15 Dec. 2022 -
Nisleit said armed robberies of pedestrians and carjackings were some of the crimes that fueled the rise.
— Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Apr. 2023 -
The increase in carjackings comes as overall car thefts in the city decline.
— David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 12 July 2024 -
Those numbers don’t include the other felonies such as carjacking and theft that now plague the city’s streets.
— The Editorial Board, WSJ, 1 Mar. 2023 -
Branch is being charged with carjacking with a weapon and battery.
— Devoun Cetoute Miami Herald (tns), al, 14 Sep. 2022 -
Police said the victim of the carjacking was not injured.
— Detroit Free Press, 5 Sep. 2022 -
Rashaud Nesmith was 16 when he was charged with armed carjacking.
— Lea Skene, Baltimore Sun, 29 Nov. 2022 -
How many carjackings are reported in Louisville over the years?
— Rachel Smith, The Courier-Journal, 1 Apr. 2024 -
The carjacking of a priest unloading a wheelchair from his car.
— Martina White, National Review, 3 Nov. 2022 -
The victim told CBS News that the carjacking would not stop her from continuing to help those in need.
— Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 26 May 2022 -
Mercuri said one 16-year-old male has been arrested and charged with the armed carjacking that occurred on the east side.
— John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 2 May 2023 -
Guns are used in about half of carjackings, police data show.
— Gabe Cohen, CNN, 17 Feb. 2024 -
Nearly 18% of those who carried out carjackings were males under then age of 18, the data showed.
— Luke Barr, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2023 -
Chapman’s car was later found about three blocks away, and a cellphone was found near where the carjacking took place, police said.
— Michael Williams, Dallas News, 31 Aug. 2023 -
As a 12-year-old in Lagos, Nigeria, Awotona witnessed his father get shot and killed in a carjacking.
— Matt Durot, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2022 -
Eight years ago, Claude Motley was shot in the jaw during a carjacking in Milwaukee.
— Ashley Luthern, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 May 2022 -
After nine days of tearful pleas for her sons’ safe return, Smith confessed that there had been no carjacking.
— Lynsey Eidell, Peoplemag, 14 Sep. 2024
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