Court Date Delayed in Wild Carjack Case

The pretrial hearing of James Christopher Corr has been delayed to Oct. 19, but his trial is still set to begin Dec. 4. The pretrial had been .

The 34-year-old resident of Mission Viejo is accused of breaking into a vehicle in front of a business in Aliso Viejo on Oct. 15, stealing a victim’s purse, then running into a nearby neighborhood, carjacking an SUV with a toddler and dog in the back seat, running over the mother’s foot as he fled the scene and crashing the vehicle into a tree.

Corr is charged with one count each of kidnapping during a carjacking, child abuse, child stealing, second-degree vehicle burglary, first-degree robbery, aggravated assault, hit-and-run with injury and vandalism, as well as two counts of first-degree residential burglary.

If convicted, Corr could get life in prison.

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