A 21-year-old man was arrested after carjacking a newly married couple in a Taco Bell parking lot.
Alan Ticas-Soto is being held on bail of $100,00 in San Mateo County Jail, after an incident which occurred Saturday night. He is facing felony carjacking charges and misdemeanor drug charges. Tocas-Soto, who pleaded not guilty in San Mateo Superior Court on Monday, does not have a criminal record.
The newly married couple, whose names were not released, were on their way to a nearby Embassy Suites, when they stopped by Taco Bell for a late night snack. The bride stayed in the car while the groom went inside. It was at that moment when the suspect jumped into the driver seat and attempted to drive off in the 2003 Nissan Altima. The screaming bride was pulled out of the car by her groom, who ran out to the car after seeing what was going on. The suspect then drove the car into a parking lot sign, after struggling with the gears. He jumped out of the car and took off on foot. The victims were not injured.
Officer Brenden Boyle, of the San Mateo Police Dept., noticed the suspect after witnesses called in his description. Patrol cars raced to the scene and arrested Ticas-Soto right away. The suspect told police he had been taking methamphtamines for three days straight.
Deputy District Attorney Sheryl Wolcott, of San Mateo, said that an attorney has not yet been assigned to Ticas-Soto's case. She also stated that if found guilty, Ticas-Soto could face up to 9 years in state prison. According to Wolcott, a preliminary hearing in the case is scheduled for May 10.
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2 comments:
Your lead is pretty good, but include the "when" and "where." (Just saying "a Taco Bell parking lot" isn't enough -- which city?)
Your second paragraph is not very exciting. You've got a carjacking, newlyweds and Taco Bell parking lot...what a mix! So what I want to know next is how it went down, not that Alan Ticas-Soto doesn't have a record. That can come later.
P3: Ah, here's where you finally get into some of the juicy details of this dramatic carjacking. Too bad I got bored and stopped reading halfway through the second paragraph. (OK, I kept reading, but most newspaper and online readers wouldn't.)
By the way, this paragraph is too long. Break it up. (And you didn't tell me the bride was still in her wedding dress. Who could resist a great detail like that?)
Fact error: He didn't hit the parking lot sign; he hit the Taco Bell sign in the parking lot. (-2)
7/10 - Why don't you take another whack at this one?
Oops, used the wrong grading scale. It should be 11/15.
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