Stoughton police say man responding to plumbing advert was carjacked

Crime

A 34-year-old Boston man is going through a slew of expenses.

A person responding to an internet commercial requesting plumbing help ended up being the sufferer of a carjacking on Monday night, Stoughton police stated.

The sufferer, who’s in his mid-40s, arrived on the deal with he was given in Stoughton, solely to find that nobody was there, in accordance with a launch.

He referred to as the one who had sought out plumbing providers, who stated he would arrive shortly.

Quickly after, the suspect approached the sufferer’s automobile, a white Jeep Grand Cherokee and brandished a gun, police stated. The suspect allegedly threatened the sufferer, grabbing his cellphone and pockets and taking on management of the car earlier than dashing off.

The sufferer was not injured within the incident, police stated.

Stoughton police responded to the scene on the intersection of Pierce and Leach streets close to Halloran Park simply earlier than 6 p.m.

They used monitoring expertise to find the stolen car in Boston after which coordinated with Boston police to trace it down.

Shortly after 7 p.m., Boston police reportedly discovered the stolen car within the space of Horadan Manner and Cornelia Court docket in Roxbury and tried to cease it.

The motive force, who Boston police later recognized as 34-year-old Junior Joseph of Boston, noticed police and allegedly accelerated in reverse, placing a police cruiser.

Joseph initially refused to indicate his arms and tried to flee the scene, however officers quickly took him into custody with out additional incident, police stated.

Contained in the car, authorities stated they discovered a Ruger .380 firearm with one spherical within the chamber and 4 rounds within the journal.

One other individual was additionally contained in the automobile on the time, however police stated they weren’t concerned in any of the incidents, so that they had been launched.

Joseph now faces expenses of illegal possession of a firearm, illegal possession of ammunition, receiving a stolen motorcar, reckless operation of a motorcar, operation of a motorcar with a canceled registration, assault and battery by the use of a harmful weapon to wit motorcar, open container of alcohol in a motorcar, and resisting arrest.

Authorities added that Joseph may face further expenses from Stoughton police.

An investigation stays ongoing.