Crime & Safety
Healdsburg Man Carjacked After Arranging Sex Online
Two suspects are wanted for carjacking and assault with a deadly weapon, police said.
SANTA ROSA, CA — An armed man and a woman carjacked a Healdsburg man Wednesday and abandoned his Honda Accord at a casino in San Pablo, Santa Rosa police said Thursday evening. The 32-year-old victim arranged a sexual encounter online with a woman and met her at a business on Stony Point and Sebastopol roads in Santa Rosa.
They drove to a residence then agreed to go to a motel. As they were about to leave a man got into the victim's blue four-door Honda, police said.
The man punched the victim and pointed a gun at him as the victim drove away. The victim stopped his Honda and fled at Gloria Drive and West Avenue, police said. He suffered a laceration to his head during the assault.
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The male suspect and woman drove away in the Honda, and it was recovered Thursday afternoon in the parking lot of the San Pablo Lytton Casino in San Pablo, police said.
The white male suspect in his mid-30s is 5 feet 11 inches to 6 feet tall and thin with dark hair and a goatee.
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The white woman in her mid-30s is approximately 5 feet 7 inches with a medium build and a tattoo on her chest. Police believe she is an associate of the male suspect.
Both suspects are wanted for carjacking and assault with a deadly weapon, police said.
It appears the woman was an associate of the male suspect. Anyone with information about the carjacking is asked to call Santa Rosa police at 707-543-3590.
By Bay City News Service
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