A Florida man faces quite a few charges after police say he tried two reported carjackings in Ridgeland on Thursday, Dec. 8.
Duane Hamilton, 38, of Ormond Beach, is charged with two counts of carjacking, one depend of kidnapping, and one depend of possession of a firearm throughout fee of a violent crime, police mentioned on Dec. 8.
Officers have been dispatched to Ridgeland Physical Therapy on South Jacob Smart Boulevard in Ridgeland for a reported carjacking on Thursday, Dec. 8, round 11:22 a.m., in keeping with a Ridgeland Police Department news launch. Upon arrival, officers obtained an outline of the topic, later recognized as Hamilton, and have been informed the sufferer’s automobile was taken at gunpoint. Officers later positioned the sufferer’s automobile on the BP Station on South Jacob Smart Boulevard.
At the time officers have been trying to find Hamilton, police mentioned they obtained one other report of an tried carjacking on South Green Street close to the Ridgeland Fire Department. Officers obtained information that Hamilton was seen operating on the prepare tracks, and he was positioned mendacity on the prepare tracks simply earlier than the US 278 overpass, the news launch mentioned.
Witnesses informed police that Hamilton had apparently tried to leap on prepare vehicles as they handed his location heading north, the discharge mentioned. Hamilton was injured in these makes an attempt and was handled by EMS personnel on the scene. He was later transported to a neighborhood hospital for additional therapy.