Crime & Safety
Maserati Driver Fights Off Attempted Carjacker
It happened at a supermarket just up the street from the police department.
EL CERRITO, CA — Investigators are looking for a suspect who attempted to carjack the driver of a Maserati in El Cerrito Saturday night, according to police.
Officers were dispatched to a grocery store parking lot in the 11400 block of San Pablo Avenue at 10:25 p.m.
The victim said that a suspect approached the driver's side door of the Maserati and started asking questions about the car before punching the driver in the head and ordering him out of the vehicle.
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The driver refused and shut the door. The carjacking attempt was unsuccessful, according to police.
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The suspect was described as a black man with a thin build in a white hooded sweater with a large tiger face on the front. He was also wearing tan pants, gray shoes and carrying a neon yellow backpack, according to police.
He was last seen heading west on foot towards San Pablo Avenue.
— Bay City News; Image via Shutterstock