A girl was arrested Friday afternoon in Agoura Hills after making an attempt to grab one other girl’s purse, however as a substitute stealing her automobile and crashing it into a number of different vehicles and a cinder-block wall earlier than being detained by bystanders, authorities stated.
Los Angeles County sheriff’s officers stated the wild incident — which was captured on video and rapidly went viral — started round midday when a lady in her 20s approached a consumer within the Ralphs parking zone on Kanan Street.
The lady tried to steal a handbag, however the sufferer didn’t instantly hand it over. Within the ensuing battle, the would-be purse-snatcher pulled the sufferer from her automobile and threw her to the bottom, authorities stated. Then she jumped into the sufferer’s automobile and — with out closing the door — tried to flee with the automobile in reverse, slamming into a number of different vehicles and a concrete brick wall.
Undaunted, the carjacker drove off once more, after which crashed once more within the parking zone, authorities stated.
Giving up on fleeing within the automobile, the lady exited the automobile and tried to run off however was detained by a number of close by customers, who held her till deputies arrived.
Officers stated the lady was taken to a neighborhood hospital to be medically cleared upfront of being booked into jail.
The automobile’s proprietor sustained minor accidents and was handled on the scene.
