Orlando Police asking public to identify carjacking suspect
Orlando Police are asking residents for helping tracking down a man it suspects of stealing three different cars from women in the Mall of Millenia area.
OPD released an image of the suspect taken by a surveillance camera taken at a Walmart along South John Young Parkway, where the thief used a stolen credit card, OPD said.
The suspect appears to be 19 or younger and has used the same waiting and watching technique for all three carjacking incidents.
The first carjacking incident took place on Sept. 14, when the suspect threatened the first victim with a gun and took her keys.
The second and third attacks took place in January; in both incidents the man choked and beat the women after they refused to give him the keys.
All three stolen vehicles were later used in other crimes.
Detectives have observed the suspect waits in garages with no cameras present, until victims exit their vehicle.
OPD is asking anyone with information on the man to call Crimeline at 1-800-423-8477 or Orlando police at 321-235-5300.
