JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Two victims suffered minor injuries after a double carjacking in Jacksonville Tuesday evening, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office.
Carlis Smith, 19, was charged with carjacking, false imprisonment, felony domestic battery by strangulation, battery, and leaving the scene without giving information,
Police say they were initially dispatched to the 500 block of Basswood Street around 5:15 p.m. in reference to a carjacking. Investigators were able to determine that a man and woman got into a domestic dispute, and when it escalated, and the man stole his own mother's vehicle.
JSO says he later crashed car into telephone pole. It was at that time that police say the man got into a tussle with an elderly woman and took her keys.
He was able to take her car and drive off, police said.
The man was later apprehended, says JSO. He was then identified as Smith.
JSO says there are no outstanding suspects. Both of the victims suffered minor injuries, police said.
