Posted on 03/30/2023 7:34:27 PM PDT by simpson96
A pair of would-be teenaged carjackers trying to flee with a stolen car were foiled by old-school machinery: a stick shift.
Detectives in Montgomery County, Maryland, say that the two teens — a 16-year-old from Rockville and a 17-year-old from Washington, D.C. — have been arrested for a “strong-arm carjacking” at a gas station in Germantown, around 25 miles northwest of the nation’s capital.
Surveillance footage shows the young suspects approaching a blue car shortly after the presumed owner gets inside. The driver is forcibly yanked from the car and is seen quickly walking away as the teens get inside the driver and front passenger seats.
Although the teens presumably expected to make a quick getaway at this point, the car remains immobile.
Moments later, they are seen getting out of the car and running away.
The mishap occurred at a Sunoco gas station at around 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, police say.(snip)
“When officers attempted to apprehend them, they fled on foot,” the police press release says. “After a brief foot chase, the juveniles were quickly apprehended.”
The teens were arrested and taken into custody. They have been charged as adults with one count of carjacking and one count of conspiracy carjacking, Montgomery police say. They are currently being held without bond.
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These “teens” need to do serious jail time!
If you can’t shift it. Don’t lift it. 💩🐥’s
Another tranny causing problems for our nation’s youth.
“Teens”—aka “youths.”
They flunked the Rocket Science curriculum in the Maryland Public Schools. Carjacking was the only alternative they could see.
They probably didn’t know there even was such a thing as a “manual transmission.”
Taken out back and Che’d.
LOL!!!
You win the internet.
This incident certainly hurt the self-esteem of the two young gentlemen.
So how long before progressives demand that manual transmissions be outlawed?
That’s sure not the only these stupid people don’t know how to do.
They probably won't do any.
Good catch.
sticks be racist!
The fellow convicts will make fun of them
You are the witty one. Good line!
Tranny trumps teen
I used to own an ‘89 Jeep. 4 banger with a 5 speed. Soft top and no door locks. I was never concerned about someone stealing it. Long throw on the clutch and very hard clutch spring.
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