UPDATE:
Deputies have arrested a 20-year-old Immokalee man in connection with the carjacking
and vehicle pursuit.
Kenneth
Pray, whose last known address is 503 Breezewood Drive in Immokalee, according
to detectives, faces charges of carjacking, high-speed fleeing and eluding and
driving on a suspended license.
Deputies
arrested Pray after he led them on a pursuit in the stolen vehicle in
Immokalee. The vehicle rolled over at the intersection of Bethune Avenue and
South 5th Street, where he was apprehended by deputies. He was taken
to an area hospital for evaluation. Once released he will be booked into the Collier
County jail.
Earlier news releases:
Update: Deputies Searching For East Naples Carjacking Suspect
Collier County Sheriff's Office
Posted Date: 4/28/2014 1:15 PM
Update: Deputies Searching For East Naples Carjacking Suspect
Collier County Sheriff's Office
Posted Date: 4/28/2014 1:15 PM
UPDATE: A man who matches the description of
the suspect in a carjacking at the Collier County Courthouse on Monday morning
has been transported to an area hospital following a vehicle pursuit with
deputies in Immokalee.
The pursuit
ended after the vehicle the man was driving rolled over near the intersection
of Bethune Avenue and South 5th Street. The vehicle matches the
description of the stolen vehicle.
An arrest
has not been made. The investigation continues.
Information
will be released as it becomes available.
Original news release:
Deputies Searching For East Naples Carjacking Suspect
Collier County Sheriff's Office
Posted Date: 4/28/2014 10:45 AM
Deputies are
searching for a man who carjacked a 66-year-old woman in the parking garage at
the Collier County Courthouse on Monday morning.
Deputies said the woman was walking to her vehicle in the parking garage, 3355 U.S. 41 E., East Naples, shortly before 10 a.m. when she was approached by a man. The man struck her in the head and demanded her vehicle. He then took the woman’s keys and fled in her vehicle.
Deputies said the woman was walking to her vehicle in the parking garage, 3355 U.S. 41 E., East Naples, shortly before 10 a.m. when she was approached by a man. The man struck her in the head and demanded her vehicle. He then took the woman’s keys and fled in her vehicle.
The woman
received non-life-threatening injuries and was transported by ambulance to an
area hospital, deputies said.
Deputies
said the suspect is described as black, 5 feet 10 inches tall with a medium
build. He wore his hair in shoulder-length dreadlocks. He was dressed in dark
clothing, including shorts.
He may be
driving the victim’s 2010 silver Lexus RX 350 sport utility vehicle with
Florida license plate number 571PTU.
Anyone with
information is asked to call the Collier County Sheriff’s Office at
239.252.9300.
