1 Arrested After Stoughton Carjacking, Assault: Police

STOUGHTON, MA — A Mattapan man was arrested in connection to an attempted carjacking last week on Sumner St. in Stoughton, according to police. Just before 7:30 a.m. Feb. 26, a 64-year-old woman was leaving work from the Copley nursing home when she got into her car and was attacked by Kristopher Depina, 25, police said.

Police said Depina was waiting in the back seat and struck the woman in the face with a gun. Depina ordered her to go into the passenger seat, but the woman refused, police said. Instead she continued driving down Sumner Street until she could get the attention of a passing driver.

Police said Depina then ditched the woman's car on Bancroft Street and ran away before being picked up by someone driving a Hyundai Elantra. The good Samiritan that stopped to help chased after Depina until he accelerated toward Brockton on Park Street, police said. Police were able to get a license plate number on the Elantra from the good Samiritan.

Later on that day, Randolph police told Stoughton officer they found the Elantra. Two people were taken into questioning but were later released.

On Thursday, Stoughton police got an arrest warrant for Depina at a home on North Warren Avenue in Brockton. Randolph and Brockton police helped with the arrest.

When officers arrived, a person inside the apartment noticed officers approaching. People inside tired to escape, and some including, Depina, jumped out a second story window, police said. Police said Depina got up and tried to run away, but eventually several officers were ableto catch him. Several guns were seized during the arrest, police said.

Depina will be arraigned Friday in Stoughton District Court and charged with armed carjacking, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, kidnapping, conspiracy to commit a crime, breaking and entering into a motor vehicle and armed robbery while masked.

A second arrest warrant was also issued for Mykilah Stewart, 23, of Randolph. She is wanted on the following charges: conspiracy to a felony punishable by imprisonment and knowingly misleading police.