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Post by ♫anna♫ on Sept 25, 2012 22:21:21 GMT
How many of us could consider the possibility of carjacking to get a loved one to the hospital in a medical emergency. I'm sure I'd be capable of this, but I sure hope to avoid getting into a situation like this.
In this particular case the man didn't start by asking the driver of the other car for help, but rather threatened him immediately without any explanation. He also walked by a fire station earlier, but didn't ask for help. So he's at best stupid or oblivious to his surroundings Monday, Sep 24, 2012 tinyurl.com/ccynx7ewww.nbcmiami.com/news/local/Central-Florida-Man-Carjacked-Driver-To-Get-Pregnant-Girlfriend-to-Hospital-Authorities-171034601.html QUOTE: Police: Florida man carjacks vehicle to take pregnant girlfriend to the hospitalA central Florida man carjacked a driver in a desperate attempt to get his pregnant girlfriend to the hospital, the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office said Monday. Robert Boudreaux, 31, of Deltona allegedly walked into the path of a car to force it to stop, and threatened to shoot the driver if he didn't give him and his 22-year-old girlfriend a ride,. He later forced the driver out at a red light, the sheriff’s office said in a statement, and got behind the wheel. The couple's saga started when the girlfriend's car ran out of gas in DeLand, she told police. A friend picked them up and dropped them off in the town of Deltona, only a few miles away. The couple then walked for several miles, and the woman started to feel dehydrated and began to bleed, the sheriff's office said. Volusia County Sheriff's Office Spokesman Brandon Haught told NBC News that police did not know where the couple was going. Around noon, Boudreaux tried unsuccessfully to flag down cars on North Normandy Boulevard, the sheriff's office said. When that failed, Boudreaux allegedly turned to carjacking. When the vehicle's 20-year-old driver stopped at a red light at the intersection of North Normandy and Elkcam Boulevards, “Boudreaux again got angry and ordered the driver to run the light,” the sheriff’s office said. “The driver refused and Boudreaux grabbed the driver’s seat belt, using it to force him back against the seat while Boudreaux yelled that he would shoot the driver if he didn’t get out.” The man got out of his car and Boudreaux drove off, while the man called 911. The driver told police he never actually saw a gun, the sheriff’s office added. Deputies quickly spotted the car. They said Boudreaux used a turning lane to pass other vehicles and erratically shifted between lanes as he refused to stop. Even after he pulled into the parking lot of Florida Hospital Fish Memorial in Orange City, Boudreaux continued to evade authorities until the car he was driving was trapped by patrol cars, the sheriff’s office said. He was taken into custody and faces charges of armed carjacking, fleeing or eluding and driving with a suspended license, according to the sheriff’s office. It was not immediately clear whether he has an attorney. Deputies took the girlfriend to the hospital’s emergency room, where she was treated for heat exhaustion and later released. She told them she tried to get Boudreaux to stop and does not face any charges, the sheriff’s office said.
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Post by mikemarshall on Sept 27, 2012 15:13:08 GMT
This is a difficult situation, Anna. I am not sure that the man acted wisely but I feel certain that his acts were only criminal in the strictly technical sense of the word and that they were motivated entirely by a natural concern for his wife's welfare.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2012 16:16:42 GMT
I don't agreem Mike; this man demanded that the driver of the car run a red light and threatened violence; the man must have been terrified to have got out of his own car.
Surely it wouldn't have been that hard to get the poor woman a drink of water? And why on earth couldn't the friend have driven the few miles to take them both home?
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Post by sadie1263 on Sept 30, 2012 13:33:42 GMT
Has he heard of a phone and 911?? He could have walked into any store....or even up to a house and asked someone to call for an ambulance.........seems like something else going on here.........
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