Police: Man Carjacks Minutes After Jail Release (perp picks Deputy's car w/child inside to steal)

Local 6 (Florida) ^ | March 14, 2006

[Stoat]

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Police: Man Carjacks Minutes After Jail Release

 

POSTED: 1:43 pm EST March 14, 2006

UPDATED: 2:35 pm EST March 14, 2006

 

A man accused of stealing an off-duty Orange County deputy's car with her son inside had just been released from jail on similar carjacking charges minutes before the crime, Local 6 News has learned.

  Investigators said Deputy Tonjali Frost, 37, her bail-bondsman husband and her 4-year-old son were at a RaceTrac gas station across the street from the Orange County Jail near John Young Parkway Monday night putting gas in both of their cars.

Police said when Frost's husband ran into the station to pay for gas, Jerome Nez jumped into the couple's white Jeep sport utility vehicle and drove off with the family's 4-year-old still in the vehicle.

• Jerome Nez.

 

  The child somehow managed to exit the vehicle by either jumping or being pushed out near the gas station, Local 6 News reported.

When the child was out of vehicle, Frost and her husband opened fire at the fleeing SUV, Local 6 News reported.

  Blocks away, Nez crashed into another vehicle and was taken into custody after a search of a nearby subdivison.

"Everybody is OK, but since it is a deputy who is involved and we have shots fired, we have to do a full-blown investigation," Orange County Sheriff's spokeswoman Crystal Candy said. Nez is charged with grand theft auto and burglary in connection with the incident.

After an investigation, detectives learned that just weeks ago, Nez was accused of carjacking a man outside a Mobil gas station near Apopka, Fla. However, the victim could not be reached or chose not to cooperate, according to prosecutors. So, the state attorney's office dropped the charges against Nez.

"After being released from jail, Nez may not have had a ride home so investigators said he simply carjacked the deputy's vehicle," Local 6 reported Mike DeForest said. Frost is on routine administrative leave for the investigation.

Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.

[Stoat]

Which means it's back to the firing range for this deputy...HIT what you aim at.

[ketelone]

"Orange County Sheriff's spokeswoman Crystal Candy"

Ok... now whats her real name...

[Chena]

I've always been a fan of the deserted island sentencing. And we've got just the islands in Alaska. These guys think they are so tough. There is a reason you never see a "Survivor" episode filmed in northern Alaska

Good idea! Just make sure the islands are far enough north for the polar bears to handle security.

[Stoat]

"Orange County Sheriff's spokeswoman Crystal Candy"

Ok... now whats her real name...

I guess aging porn 'actresses' have a tough time changing names when they move on to a different profession   :-)

[InkStone]

Stoat, you got it right. These "Parents" screwed up big time, and it could easily have cost their child's life. Human debris like this are out there, and they need to be tracked down and shot on sight.

[Osage Orange]

"After being released from jail, Nez may not have had a ride home so investigators said he simply carjacked the deputy's vehicle,

My guess is the solution will be to now offer all prisoners released from jail, rides home....

And they will justify it by saying, "This type of horrible event would never have happened, if we had just given Mr. Nez a ride home."

[Stoat]

Good idea! Just make sure the islands are far enough north for the polar bears to handle security.
 

 

[Brad’s Gramma]

Stinkin' punk. I wish they would've finished the job.

[taillightchaser]

It's Bush's fault. If hitlery was the president this guy would have had a limo ride home and this wouldn't have happened!!

[Stoat]

Stoat, you got it right. These "Parents" screwed up big time, and it could easily have cost their child's life. Human debris like this are out there, and they need to be tracked down and shot on sight.

Agreed, and thank you for your kind words.  :-)  I'm puzzled, however.  They were both out of their cars, fueling their vehicles.  So, either their gas caps weren't the locking kind (WHAT???) or their gas cap keys were on a separate ring.  Considering that it's the LAW everywhere in the USA that I've been to shut off your vehicle when you are fuelling it, it makes no sense to have the gas key and the ignition key on different rings, since you have to have the ignition off when you are at a gas station and so it's useless to have the key in the ignition.  I would think that any police officer in particular would recognize the value of "automatically" removing the keys from the ignition when you are fuelling your vehicle.

Their behavior raises a LOT of questions about their parenting as well as their basic, day-to-day habits.

[Stoat]

"After being released from jail, Nez may not have had a ride home so investigators said he simply carjacked the deputy's vehicle,

My guess is the solution will be to now offer all prisoners released from jail, rides home....

And they will justify it by saying, "This type of horrible event would never have happened, if we had just given Mr. Nez a ride home."

I sincerely hope that Florida hasn't gotten THAT bad..   "sigh" 

"After being released from jail, Nez may not have had a ride home so investigators said he simply carjacked the deputy's vehicle,

My guess is the solution will be to now offer all prisoners released from jail, rides home....

And they will justify it by saying, "This type of horrible event would never have happened, if we had just given Mr. Nez a ride home."

[Stoat]

Stinkin' punk. I wish they would've finished the job.

Since they apparently didn't hit the intended target, perhaps it's time to send in the Viking Kitties when local law enforcement fails?

[Chena]

HAR HAR!

[Chena]

So, either their gas caps weren't the locking kind (WHAT???) or their gas cap keys were on a separate ring.

Or their vehicles may have the little button thingy (tech. term) on the inside of the vehicle that flips open the gas cap.

[Stoat]

It's Bush's fault. If hitlery was the president this guy would have had a limo ride home and this wouldn't have happened!!

<<<  beating furry stoat head against desk in a panicked effort to remove the horrific mental imagery of Hitlery as President from my neural landscape

[hoosierham]

Oh come on.

Many vehicle caps have a dash release,no need for a key locking cap. Those things are a pain,and I have had a half dozen!

However their shooting at the car does need review as the chance of disabling the driver over a vehicle speeding away from you is rather low for the average shooter. Not to mention the stray bullets.

I suppose aiming for the back window is the most likely to be effective since shattering glass is a plinkers way to get kicks.

[Lancer_N3502A]

Model citizen

[Stoat]

So, either their gas caps weren't the locking kind (WHAT???) or their gas cap keys were on a separate ring.

Or their vehicles may have the little button thingy (tech. term) on the inside of the vehicle that flips open the gas cap.
 

Aren't you referring to the gas cap DOOR?  And isn't that a pretty easy thing for a screwdriver-equipped thug to pry open?  Whether I were a cop or not, I would have  BOTH. 

So, either their gas caps weren't the locking kind (WHAT???) or their gas cap keys were on a separate ring.

Or their vehicles may have the little button thingy (tech. term) on the inside of the vehicle that flips open the gas cap.
 

Aren't you referring to the gas cap DOOR?  And isn't that a pretty easy thing for a screwdriver-equipped thug to pry open?  Whether I were a cop or not, I would have  BOTH. 

[CodeToad]

I wonder if his tats include an MS-13.

[Stoat]

Oh come on.

Be nice to the stoat or you don't get any gumbo  :-)

Many vehicle caps have a dash release,no need for a key locking cap. Those things are a pain,and I have had a half dozen!

They've never bothered me much, and I've always used BOTH when I've had a vehicle with a latching gas cap door.....those little doors seem pretty flimsy to me and easy to defeat by a standard-issue thug equipped with a standard-issue screwdriver.

To each their own, I guess.

However their shooting at the car does need review as the chance of disabling the driver over a vehicle speeding away from you is rather low for the average shooter. Not to mention the stray bullets.

Quite true.

I suppose aiming for the back window is the most likely to be effective since shattering glass is a plinkers way to get kicks.

Unless you're shooting at an angle to the glass in which case there's a good chance of ricochet and collateral damage.

Oh come on.

Be nice to the stoat or you don't get any gumbo  :-)

Many vehicle caps have a dash release,no need for a key locking cap. Those things are a pain,and I have had a half dozen!

They've never bothered me much, and I've always used BOTH when I've had a vehicle with a latching gas cap door.....those little doors seem pretty flimsy to me and easy to defeat by a standard-issue thug equipped with a standard-issue screwdriver.

To each their own, I guess.

However their shooting at the car does need review as the chance of disabling the driver over a vehicle speeding away from you is rather low for the average shooter. Not to mention the stray bullets.

Quite true.

I suppose aiming for the back window is the most likely to be effective since shattering glass is a plinkers way to get kicks.