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Shortly before noon today Brockton Police received a report of an armed carjacking at the Westgate Mall. The male suspect took a 2007 Toyota Camry at gunpoint after its female owner came out of a store with her infant. The suspect demanded the woman give him the car keys as she was putting her child into a car seat. State Police Communications gave out information to MSP patrols about the carjacking and provided a description of the vehicle.
At 12:01 p.m. Trooper Ryan Walczak, a member of the State Police Troop D Community Action Team, located the gray Camry on Arch Street in Brockton, occupied by the suspect. Troop Headquarters authorized a pursuit of the vehicle, which continued onto Boylston Street in the town of Stoughton. The suspect crashed into a pole and fled the vehicle on foot. Within 30 seconds, Trooper Walczak, with the assistance of two Plymouth County Sheriff’s Department deputies, apprehended the suspect and took him into custody.
The suspect is identified as JOSE F. ROBLES, 32, of Taunton. He was charged with armed carjacking, armed robbery, receiving a stolen motor vehicle, negligent operation of a motor vehicle, operating with a suspended license, and failure to stop for police. ROBLES was turned over to Brockton Police custody. For more information on the underlying carjacking, please contact Brockton Police.
