HEBRON, Ky. — The Boone County Sheriff's office has a 17-year-old in police custody for his role in a carjacking in Hebron Sunday evening, according to a release sent Monday afternoon.
Deputies said the teen was turned in by his parents and is charged with attempted robbery, robbery, wanton endangerment and possession of a handgun by a minor.
The stolen Kia Sportage was located and recovered in Ohio near the teen's Forest Park home, deputies said.
At approximately 6:20 p.m. deputies responded a reported robbery at a business at the 1900 block of North Bend Road.
Upon arrival, they discovered a failed robbery attempt had occurred just prior to the reported robbery.
Two men ambushed a woman just outside a restaurant, deputies said.
Authorities said one person brandished a handgun as the men demanded her car keys. The victim stated the keys were in the vehicle. However, it appears that they could not locate them and ran. The victim did not sustain any injuries in this failed carjacking, deputies said.
Minutes later, the same two men ambushed a second woman outside of another restaurant, deputies said.
One man held a handgun to the victims chest as they both demanded her keys. The woman gave the men her keys and they took off in the vehicle, deputies said.
"They all of a sudden turned around and ran over to my car and jerked the door open and he got a gun out and he like clicked it and poked it in my side," said Marita Van Meter.
The 75-year-old said she was sitting inside her car waiting for her friend to arrive when the suspects yanked her door open. When they sped away, they made off with Van Meter's wallet, purse and other personal belongings.
"I thought I was going to die," she said. "Petrified me to death. Scared me to death."
Van Meter said she also happened to be on the phone with with the friend she was waiting for. the friend overheard some of the carjacking until one of the suspects ripped the phone out of her hand, she said.
"I was frantic," Kim Demmien said. "I hear a man's voice telling her to get out of the car. "I tried to stay on the phone for a minute. I didn't know if he was abducting her."
Demmien cried as she recounted the experience, describing it as one of the worst moments of her life.
"Shame on them," she said. "This world — what's it coming to? You just don't know."
The suspect who brandished the handgun is described as a thin male, average height, wearing tan boots, black pants, off white hooded sweatshirt with a maroon hat with white lettering as well as white gloves and a blue mask.
The suspect should be considered armed and dangerous.
Deputies ask that you call 911 immediately if you locate the vehicle or the suspects. If anyone can assist in identifying the suspects, they are asked to call the Boone County Sheriff’s Office at 859-371-1234 or submit a tip through Crime Stoppers at 513-352-3040.
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