Crime & Safety
3 Arrested For La Vergne Carjacking, Kidnapping
Three men were arrested Sunday, charged with stealing a pick-up truck with a 13-year-old girl inside.
LA VERGNE, TN -- Three men suspected of carjacking a pick-up truck in La Vergne Saturday and then forcing its 13-year-old occupant to jump from it at gunpoint have been arrested.
La Vergne Police arrested the trio Sunday and located the stolen truck in Nashville.
Saturday night, a Chevrolet Avalanche was stolen from the parking lot of the Waldron Road Mapco in La Vergne while the truck's owner was inside the store. His 13-year-old daughter, however, was still in the truck and was taken along with it before the armed thieves forced her to jump from the vehicle at gunpoint.
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Three men - 18-year-old Estifanos Kumssa, 20-year-old Demetri Williams, and 18-year-old Jaymees Greer - are charged with carjacking and theft of property over $10,000. Kumssa faces an additional kidnapping charge.
All three remained jailed on bond.
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