Crimes like robbery and even carjackings occur with regularity in the area, but it’s not often that they take place in broad daylight while witnessed by a blogger. WT reports on the attempted carjacking that he witnessed in Court Square this morning. I love seeing citizen journalism like this, though obviously I could do without the carjacking.
10/14 Update: CBS 19 has the story. Check out the picture of the suspect, one Elvis Gene Shifflett. If ever there was a guy who was going to attempt to kill somebody, it’d be him.
The Newsplex is on it as well. I hate “newsplex,” however.
The paper Daily Progress today has a picture of the suspect & his name. The online DP does not, AFAIK.
Newsplex, too, has the pic. Sorry, late loading image in my browser.
Attempted Car-towing on Main Street:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/14/AR2006101400463.html
(Celebrity involved.)
This is a domestic situation from what I heard in the area unlike the one on Emmet St. Still though, Elvis definitely looks like a wack job.