NEW ORLEANS — After more than three days on the run since escaping Juvenile Justice Intervention Center custody and allegedly carjacking a 72-year-old woman on Monday, teen Carlos Taylor was captured in Baton Rouge, La., on Thursday.
According to the New Orleans Police Department, the 17-year-old Taylor was arrested without incident on charges of simple carjacking and simple escape.
He is currently being held in Baton Rouge, but will be transported back to New Orleans to face those charges, plus those stemming from his original arrest on Sept. 17.
Those charges include:
- Aggravated assault with a firearm
- Illegal possession of a handgun by a juvenile
- Illegal use of a weapon
- Aggravated criminal damage to property
The arrest was made by U.S. Marshals with the aid of the NOPD's Violent Offender Warrant Squad in tracking him down.
WWL Louisiana spoke with the carjacking victim on Wednesday.
"I am so lucky to be alive," said Barbara Lane after the immediate shock of being carjacked Monday while waiting in the parking lot of the LSU Dental School.
Police said her attacker had just escaped from New Orleans Juvenile Court.
"And I'm sitting there thinking 'Oh my God, does he have a weapon? Is he going to shoot me, what?'," she said. "My brain is, like, going, really really fast."
Lane said her attacker smeared her hands with his blood as he grabbed for her keys, leaving her even more alarmed. But the carjacker wasn't done.
"I'm trying to get out of his way and he veers the car off and tries to hit me with the car," she explained.
Lane's car was found on Tuesday badly damaged.
A GoFundMe was created to help Lane recover what was stolen.
This is an ongoing story and will be updated shortly.
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