The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office has apprehended a 15-year-old in connection with an trying carjacking in the Monroe High School parking lot.
According to authorities, the incident occurred shortly before 3:30 p.m. Thursday, when the teen approached an 18-year-old sitting in a parked vehicle and asked for a vape cartridge. When the older teen stated that he did not have one, the suspect allegedly produced what seemed to be a revolver and demanded the vehicle.
The victim drove away from the area and called police.
Investigators studied security footage and identified the perpetrator as a fellow high school student. Deputies later spotted the kid in Monroe Township’s Oakridge Estates neighborhood and apprehended him at a home on the 300 block of Wildhaven.
During the arrest, deputies found a silver pellet gun that looked like a genuine handgun.
The child was transported to the Monroe County Youth Center. The case is still under investigation.
Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office Detective Bureau or send an anonymous tip to Crime Stoppers.
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