75-Year-Old Woman Carjacked In La Quinta

COACHELLA VALLEY, CA — A 75-year-old woman in La Quinta was the victim of an armed carjacking early Tuesday morning, the Riverside County Sheriff's Department reported.

At about 12:37 a.m., deputies from the Thermal Sheriff's Station were called to the 47700 block of Dune Palms Road about the alleged violence. Two Hispanic males approached the woman, one armed with a semi-automatic firearm, and demanded her black Chevrolet Camaro and purse, according to the sheriff's department.

The investigation revealed that the two males fled in the Camaro onto westbound Highway 111, with a white Lincoln sedan following them, the sheriff's department reported.

Law enforcement officers in the area were alerted about the incident and soon after Palm Desert Sheriff's Station patrol deputies spotted the vehicles turning northbound on Village Court in Indian Wells, according to the sheriff's department.

The deputies tried to pull over the Camaro and the Lincoln in the 44600 block of Village Court but the Camaro again fled westbound on Highway 111 while the Lincoln rammed a sheriff’s patrol unit, according to the department.

The suspects in the Lincoln fled on foot into a nearby residential area but shortly after 7 a.m. Tuesday were found in the 74900 block of Verbena Road in Palm Desert, the department reported.

The suspects were identified as David Reyes, 18, of Palm Desert, and Daryl Urbano, 18, of Coachella.

Meanwhile, the victim’s Camaro was found abandoned in the 69100 block of Dinah Shore Drive in Cathedral City.

Then, later Tuesday evening, another carjacking was reported — this time in Palm Desert. In that incident, two armed 16-year-old boys carjacked a 21-year-old man.

Deputies eventually caught up with the teens and arrested them. Read more about the incident here.

Both boys were connected to the earlier carjacking in La Quinta and were believed to be the two who abandoned the Camaro, according to the sheriff's department. The car was returned to the victim, who was uninjured, the department reported.

The Thermal Sheriff's Station Special Investigations Unit asked anyone with additional information about the La Quinta carjacking to contact Investigator Glasper at 760-863-8950. Anonymous tips can be called into Crimestoppers at 760-341-7867.