Minneapolis, MN
Woman, 18, charged in violent Minneapolis carjacking
MINNEAPOLIS — One of three people arrested after a violent Minneapolis carjacking earlier this month has been charged.
Dajana Sykes, 18, is charged with one count of simple robbery, according to a criminal complaint filed Tuesday.
Three people approached a woman as she was leaving her business on the 800 block of 48th Street East around 9:45 p.m. on May 2, the complaint said.
They pulled the woman to the ground, kicked her and took her purse, authorities allege, then stole her car using the keys from her purse. Her iPhone, wallet and credit cards were also in the purse.
Police found the stolen vehicle later that evening and tried to pull the driver over. The driver fled, and after a chase, jumped from the moving vehicle, according to the complaint. Two passengers — one of whom authorities identified as Sykes — also tried to run from the car. All three were caught and arrested.
The victim identified all three suspects at the scene of their arrests, the complaint states.
Sykes is no longer in custody, but a warrant is out for her arrest. The other two people arrested are both teenage girls.
Minneapolis police are investigating a hit-and-run that left a man seriously injured Tuesday afternoon.
The crash happened near Oliver Avenue North and Lowry Avenue North just before 2 p.m., according to the Minneapolis Police Department.
Investigators say an SUV struck another vehicle, which then collided with a motorcyclist. The driver of the SUV then fled the scene.
The motorcyclist was taken to the hospital with potentially life-threatening injuries. Police say the driver of the other vehicle was not injured.
No arrests have been made as of Tuesday night.
A recent FOX 9 investigation found that Medicaid fraudsters owe millions but pay back little with several other defendants discharged from probation after making either minimal or no payments towards their court-imposed debts.
A homicide investigation is underway after a person was found shot to death inside a car parked along the Mississippi River, the Minneapolis Park Police Department said.
Around 6:40 a.m. Sunday, officers from Minneapolis Park police and the city’s police department responded to a report of a body in a car at Mill Ruins Park. They found an adult with a fatal gunshot wound at the scene, as well as a firearm.
The Minneapolis Police Department’s Homicide Unit is investigating.
Police said the Hennepin County medical examiner will determine the manner and cause of death, as well as the person’s identity.
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