Authorities ID Suspect Accused Of Stabbing, Carjacking Man In Red

REDONDO BEACH, CA — A suspect accused of stabbing and carjacking a man outside a Redondo Beach shopping plaza last week was identified Tuesday as a 30-year-old from Minnesota.

Police said Silas John Marczak approached a man in the parking lot near a Smart & Final store, in the 600 block of North Pacific Coast Highway, on Dec. 29 and stabbed him in the upper body before taking off in the victim's Jeep Cherokee.

Marczak was spotted by authorities in Rancho Palos Verdes, and he led them on a brief chase before crashing into another vehicle, then two telephone poles and a cinder block wall near Western Avenue and Avenida Aprenda, said Lt. Shawn Freeman of the Redondo Beach Police Department.

Marczak was taken to a hospital, where he was treated.

On Saturday, Marczak was taken to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Medical Inmate facility. He is facing charges of carjacking, assault with a deadly weapon, burglary and falsely identifying himself as a peace officer, according to Freeman, who said Redondo Beach detectives presented his case to the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office, which filed the charges.

The man stabbed, whose name is not being released, was hospitalized for days "and is recovering at home," Freeman said.

—City News Service