A Newly married couple was carjacked on Saturday night at a Taco Bell parking lot.
The newlyweds stopped off for a late night snack at the Taco Bell on East Fourth Avenue in San Mateo before spending their honeymoon at the Embassy Suits, said Sheryl Wollcot, a San Mateo deputy district attorney. The husband got out of the 2003 Nissan Altima while the 22-year-old bride waited in the car. Subsequently, Alan Ticas-Soto, 21, leaped into the car running car attempting to steal the car.
The husband ran to the car opening the passenger-side to help his wife get out of the car. She tumbled out; landing on the parking lot unhurt, though shake. Ticas-Soto who had been high on methamphetamines was distracted and smashed into the Taco Bell sign. He took off running.
The local police officer, Brendan Boyle, was patrolling the area and noticed the man matching the suspect’s description. Boyle called it in and patrol cars converged on the scene catching Ticas-Soto arresting him without incident.
Ticas-Soto is now facing felony carjacking charges and misdemeanor drug charges. Ticas-soto admitted to the police that he’d been taking methamphetamines for three straight days. If found guilty he could face up to nice years in state prison.
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Good job! You've got the basics of your lead, and the rest works.
ReplyDeleteAgain, I'd put a little more info in the lead:
A newly married couple was carjacked Saturday night at a Taco Bell parking lot in San Mateo, where they stopped on the way to their honeymoon hotel. You want to get the "where" into the lead, and the info about their destination makes the lead more dramatic -- emphasizes the contrast between a newlywed couple and a carjacking incident.
Use Boyle's title.
...could face up to nine years (they're unlike to be "nice" years)
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