As of Friday, the city had recorded 3,137 auto thefts this year, many of them jump-ins, a 49 percent increase over the same period in 2019. What’s more disturbing is the 141 percent rise in carjackings (a separate category from auto thefts), with 328 through mid-December, up from 136 in the same span last year. In the Second District, covering affluent parts of Northwest Washington, the total has inched from eight to nine. Wielding the pistol, Ramirez dragged the man from the car by his shirt before the three assailants fled in the stolen Camry and Tiguan. Having upgraded to a Mercedes and ditching the stolen Camry, the men spied a 2018 Volvo T5 on Franklin Street NE in Brookland.

Source: Washington Post December 22, 2020 14:07 UTC