Bronx Carjacker Nabbed In Yonkers With A 'Real Time Crime' Assist

YONKERS, NY — Fleeing across county lines proved to be a carjacking suspect's undoing.

A man who police say carjacked a minivan in the northeast Bronx didn’t find safe haven in Westchester County, thanks to a coordinated effort by Westchester County's Real Time Crime, the Westchester County Police Department and the Yonkers Police Department.

Shortly before 9 a.m. on Thursday, the NYPD’s 47th Precinct reported that a Toyota Sienna minivan had just been carjacked in their precinct. Westchester County's high-tech Real Time Crime sprung into action and soon found that the stolen minivan had entered Yonkers and was traveling on Bronx River Road.

Real Time Crime tracked the stolen minivan to an area near Ashburton Ave. and Nepperhan Ave.

A Westchester County police officer spotted the minivan in a parking garage and ordered the driver out of the vehicle. The man instead ran off and a foot chase led into a residential building on Nepperhan Ave. WCPD and Yonkers PD officers arrived on scene, searching floor by floor and on the roof.

A WCPD K-9 led officers to the door of an apartment in the building and that’s where their suspect was found.

The suspect was taken to the 47th Precinct and turned over to the NYPD and the minivan will be reunited with its owner.