Posted on 08/07/2023 4:11:49 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Mark Carlson now faces charges of kidnapping, aggravated assault, theft of a motor vehicle, and fleeing a police officer
A44-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday after allegedly carjacking a family of four waiting in the drive-thru line at a Taco Bell in Green, Ohio.
Mark Carlson, identifiable by the tattoos plastered across his head and neck, reportedly carjacked a vehicle in Akron earlier that day. However, he ran out of gas when the vehicle reached Green, according to a release from the Summit County Sheriff's Office. Carlson then allegedly tried, but failed, to carjack another vehicle before running across the road to a nearby Taco Bell. There, he successfully carjacked a vehicle waiting in the drive-thru line.
Law enforcement stated that he "forced his way into the vehicle after a struggle with the female driver" and drove away with the car, in which three children aged 2, 5, and 6, were still sitting. In his haste to escape, Carlson reportedly crashed the car into the side of the building. He then let the 6-year-old and 5-year-old out of the car and drove off with the 2-year-old still in the back seat.
Mark Eugene Carlson Mark Eugene CarlsonSummit County Sheriff's Office Read More Woman Faces 4th DUI Charge After Abandoning Car in Taco Bell Drive Thru Taco Bell Petitions to End ‘Taco Tuesday’ Trademark Taco Bell Liberates the Phrase ‘Taco Tuesday’ Man Driving Stolen Forklift Leaves Path of Destruction in LA, Crashing Into Apple Store, Landmark Bell Wendy’s Rolls Out AI Chatbot at Drive-Thru Locations This Summer Carlson allegedly drove another 2.5 miles to a Circle K gas station. There, he removed the 2-year-old from the car and fled on Interstate 77, according to authorities.
Sheriff's deputies pursued Carlson as he headed south, then north, on the interstate towards Akron. Eventually, he pulled over and ran into a wooded area on foot, according to authorities. One deputy was injured in the pursuit and was taken to the hospital by the fire department.
Carlson now faces charges of kidnapping, aggravated assault, theft of a motor vehicle, and fleeing a police officer, according to the Akron Beacon Journal.
Wow! You do not usually see someone whose face is covered with pink tattoos!
Care to translate that for us nick?
Head and face tats are the worst.
Imagine how terrified the two year old in the car seat was with THAT MONSTROSITY driving away while (the child) was still in the car!
Thank God those kids are OK.
That talking taco is hilarious! 😂
Keep your car doors locked and your pistol handy.
Yes and I wonder what would’ve happened had he got away. Prob had no conscience regarding a 2 year old and just tossed it out on the side of the road like so much refuse.
Poor kids but lucky kids.
I guess some people try to look like the demons possessing them.
Sympathy for his victims.
He mad Bad decisions. Probable hard childhood with even harder rest of his life. Tatooes like are tribal to the point that they isolate you from normal life. Actions like that send you to prison.
He’d look right at home reading at a drag storybook hour.
I never use drive through. It is actually faster to park, go in to order, eat my meal inside, and leave.
Only exception is when my wife wants me to pick up something for her. Even then I almost always go in.
Yep. Tattoos like that scream “put me out of my misery”.
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