Carjacking Suspects Arrested

A man in the Whispering Oaks area in Castro Valley is safe but shaken after one man and three juveniles from Oakland stole his car as he was sitting in it on Sunday, September 10.

The victim was not physically hurt but called Alameda County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO) deputies around 8:45 p.m. that day to report three Hispanic males approached him while he was sitting in his black car. One suspect brandished a gun and demanded the man get out.

“In fear for his safety, the victim exited his vehicle, where all three suspects entered and fled,” ACSO Lieutenant Tya Modeste said.

Deputies located the car near 105th Avenue and Edes Avenue in Oakland but the driver fled northbound on 105th Avenue. Deputies pursued the suspects for a little over five miles. Once the suspects crossed over into Oakland, they were followed by air by Oakland Police.

During the high-speed pursuit, the vehicle crashed into an empty parked car on 50th Avenue near Bancroft Avenue. With the assistance of the Oakland Police's air team, deputies located all three suspects after they abandoned the vehicle and attempted to flee on foot. The three suspects and a fourth person connected with the carjacking were found on 50th Avenue near Bancroft Avenue. and taken into custody without further incident.

During a search of the area, a Sheriff's office dog located a 9 mm Smith & Wesson handgun wrapped in a sweatshirt and hidden under a vehicle where the suspects were detained. The gun was registered as stolen out of a home in Oakland.

Deputies booked 18-year-old Angel Aguilar Lopez into Santa Rita Jail on multiple charges. The other three juvenile suspects—one with priors for carjacking and robbery—were booked at the Juvenile Justice Center for multiple charges.