carjacking

Police spokesman Mike Bastinelli says the victim, a woman from Yakima was driving near the intersection of North 53rd Avenue and Englewood at about 8:00 p.m.

  COUGAR, Wash. (AP) — Authorities in Washington state say they arrested a man wanted for murder in Oregon following a home-invasion robbery and a carjacking Sunday. The Cowlitz County Sheriff's Office says it was responding to a call just outside Cougar, Washington, that a man and woman had broken into a home and assaulted a resident when deputies received another call — this time of a carjacking

The Yakima Police Department says that the incident Tuesday evening on West Yakima Avenue could be related to another carjacking that took place earlier in the day.

This video shows an armed man defend himself against an armed carjacker. Does it prove that more citizens should arm themselves?

County authorities are investigating two carjackings reported in the lower valley over the weekend. The first was reported in Toppenish Saturday night. Police were called to a report of a car theft on East Toppenish Avenue. They found two people who told them a gunman in a dark Honda pulled up next to them at a nearby intersection, pointed a gun and told them to get out of their car...

Marcel Maldonado, 21, of Grandview, wanted for two carjackings, a robbery and a high-speed chase has been arrested in Colorado after a high-speed chase. Maldonado stole a Volkswagen Jetta at gunpoint at a rest stop near Selah last Monday...

Authorities throughout Eastern Washington are hoping to soon find and arrest a 21 year old man who police consider to be armed and dangerous. Marcel Maldanado was last seen driving a stolen vehicle in the Ellensburg area. County Sheriff's Deputies say he robbed a Grandview store and stole two cars at gunpoint before fleeing the valley and leading Ellensburg police on a high speed chase before it w

A convicted felon from Yakima with an extensive rap sheet got out of jail for a day and has not been back seen since. He is suspected of committing new crimes. Jacob Lucey, 29, has nearly a dozen convictions under his belt. Yakima police say more are on the way...

Shirley Dusseault went to the Walmart on 64th Ave and Nob Hill on Monday to buy a birthday gift for her four-year-old grandson. She says it wasn't until she drove down South 64th Avenue near Nob Hill that she found herself taken by surprise and fearing for her life. Yakima P...

It's the weekend and if you live in West Valley you may be thinking of the recent assault on south 81st Avenue. A Yakima man remains in critical condition after the carjacking near his home on south 81st Avenue. The victim was beaten up and left to die in the road.