Donovan Goodman charged in violent carjacking spree that involved dog being tossed onto interstate

MINNEAPOLIS – A Minneapolis man faces federal costs in connection to a violent carjacking spree earlier this yr within the Twin Cities, which concerned a canine being tossed from a rushing truck onto a busy interstate. 

The US Legal professional’s Workplace says Donovan Goodman, 33, is charged with carjacking and being a felon in possession of a firearm.

The federal criticism states that Ramsey County Sheriff’s deputies tried to tug over a pickup truck, later discovered to be stolen, in Little Canada on Jan. 30. The motive force, recognized as Goodman, fled the deputies and led them on a wrong-way, high-speed chase on Interstate 694. Goodman efficiently prevented cease sticks, however deputies had been capable of cease the truck by way of the PIT maneuver.

Deputies say Goodman and one other passenger fled on foot and jumped over a barrier separating the 2 sides of the interstate. Goodman then carjacked a automobile at gunpoint and sped off. The automobile was outfitted with a splash digicam, which captured the crime.

The Ramsey County Sheriff’s Workplace mentioned early final month that through the I-694 chase, a canine was thrown from the truck onto the interstate in Arden Hills. Deputies made the invention after wanting over footage of the chase, and located the canine in a snowbank the following day.

Deputies arrested a lady on the scene who was Goodman’s passenger, and she or he admitted to throwing the canine from the truck.   

Within the early morning hours of Feb. 25, Minneapolis law enforcement officials noticed the automobile carjacked on I-694 in a downtown car parking zone. Goodman and one other man had been standing subsequent to it, they usually ran away when officers approached. One officer tased Goodman, who “fell to the bottom, rolled over after which pointed a handgun with a purple laser sight within the route of the officer,” in keeping with the criticism. The officer took cowl, and Goodman fled.

Goodman then allegedly went as much as a experience share automobile downtown that was selecting up clients. He provided the riders $100 to let him be part of, they usually accepted. Goodman obtained in, then pulled out a purple laser-sighted handgun, positioned it on the driver’s head and commanded everybody to get out. He then drove off.

Hours later, investigators tracked Goodman by way of cellphone to a St. Paul residence, and a SWAT crew responded. After an hour, Goodman was taken into custody.

“It is a snapshot of the violent acts we’re seeing within the Twin Cities frequently,” mentioned U.S. Legal professional Andy Luger. “The complete drive of the U.S. Legal professional’s Workplace is targeted on lowering the degrees of violent crime and we’ll proceed to work with our legislation enforcement companions to carry swift and sure accountability to violent criminals.”

Goodman made his first courtroom look Friday. It’s not clear if the opposite passenger who fled on the interstate with Goodman has been arrested. And it is also unknown if the lady arrested on the scene has been charged with any crimes.