Carjacking suspect held
Originally published 01:41 p.m., December 18, 2007
Updated 01:41 p.m., December 18, 2007
One man is in jail following a carjacking and assault over the weekend in Emporia.
An Emporia Police Department press release said that officers were called at 3:30 a.m. Saturday to a crime in progress in the 400 block of East 10th Avenue. One of the two victims said he had been outside warming his car up when a man armed with a pistol had threatened them. The man took the car and drove off.
As officers were on their way, a call came in of an accident in the 800 block of Exchange Street. The description of the vehicle was similar to that of the stolen car. A witness said the driver of the car ran east on Eighth Avenue. Officers tracked footprints in the snow from Eighth Avenue and Exchange Street to the 1000 block of East Sixth Avenue.
Emporia State University police officer Kris Johnson found Edward L. Atkinson, 38, who matched the description of the robber, on the west side of the East Sixth Avenue viaduct. Atkinson ran back west and south into the Hopkins Manufacturing parking lot. Johnson chased him on foot. Officer Ray Mattas and Sgt. David DeVries of the Emporia Police Department saw the chase and joined it. Atkinson stopped running and surrendered.
Police said a pistol was found along the route of the chase.
Atkinson is being held in the Lyon County Jail.
slipandslide (anonymous) says...
running from police leaving footprints in the snow?
December 18, 2007 at 1:52 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
create (anonymous) says...
Stealing a car at gunpoint, getting into a wreck within minutes? Then leaving footprints in the snow? This guy is a prime candidate for some Dumb Criminal of the Day contest.
What a bummer for the victim. The poor guy not only loses his car to a hijacking, but now it's wrecked too.
December 18, 2007 at 2:08 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
slipandslide (anonymous) says...
wow, kvoe radio says hes charged with nine things including two counts aggravated assault. hope this keeps one violent person locked up!
December 18, 2007 at 7:20 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
gazette_reader (anonymous) says...
Yes, this one was all kinds of bright. Well, good job, police, for getting to him so quickly.
December 18, 2007 at 11:14 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
annonymous28 (anonymous) says...
He's a good guy. Just wasnt thinking clearly.
December 21, 2007 at 3:13 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
create (anonymous) says...
Ain't nuthin like a good guy with a gun.
December 21, 2007 at 3:55 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )