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A class B felony (US) defined as the intentional or knowing taking of a motor vehicle from the possession of another by use of (1) a deadly weapon; or (2) force or intimidation

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Another man also tries to open the car, repeatedly punching the glass, before the carjacker speeds off with the Golf.

CARJACKERS CAUGHT ON CCTV BEATING UP DRIVER

The two carjackers then tried to run off, but police at a station a mere block away from the scene heard the gunshots and saturated the area.

Car wash washout

But the carjackers were forced to flee before her screams alerted passers-by.

Owen sister's carjack terror

Last week carjackers Adam Mew and Gerrard Ward were jailed at Cardiff Crown Court for beating a terrified cleaner, bundling him into the boot of his car and driving off.

Clampdown call on carjacking thugs; CRIME: Harsher sentences urged

The RAC's campaigning arm, the RAC Foundation, said carjackers tended to target such items as mobile phones, expensive watches or laptop computers.

PLUGS & POINTS

Friends praised her brave actions and branded the wouldbe carjackers "scum".

Mum fights off 'low life scum' carjackers

A POLICE chief vowed yesterday to tackle carjackers warning: "We will hunt them down.

WAR ON CARJACKERS; PSNI chief vows to crack down on crime craze

Nozomu, who is here on a business trip, was stopped by three carjackers on the Delhi- Gurgaon Expressway and beaten up before the miscreants tried to flee with the hired radio taxi.

Japanese national attacked by carjacker trio

The person sending text messages to a woman riding with the two suspected carjackers was actually Detective Sgt.

Police text their way to recovery of carjacked vehicle, two arrests

CARJACKERS drove off in a taxi after threatening a driver as he dropped off a mother and her son.

Kind-hearted cabbie robbed by carjackers; Driver was helping a mum & son

Terry (Bruce Byron, above) and Max come to blows when they try to solve a case in which two carjackers dragged a woman from her vehicle and stabbed her to death.

Wednesday: PICK OF THE DAY

A DOCTOR was punched and pinned to the floor when he was targeted by carjackers in a Coventry street.