A carjacking suspect appeared in court on Tuesday, after police say a plumber had his car, wallet and phone stolen in Stoughton, Massachusetts, while responding to an online ad for work.
The suspect — identified by police as Junior Joseph, 34, of Boston — appeared for arraignment in Roxbury District Court Tuesday. The judge ordered him held without bail pending a dangerousness hearing.
The incident may have ended in Boston, but it all began shortly before 6 p.m. Monday in Stoughton. Officials there said that the carjacking victim is a man in his mid-40s who responded to an online ad seeking a plumber near Halloran Park.
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When he arrived at the address he was given on Pierce Street in Stoughton — no one was home.
He called the person from the ad, and police said that moments later, a man showed up armed with a gun, threatened the victim, took his cell phone and wallet, and then sped off in his white Jeep Grand Cherokee.
Police said they were able to use tracking technology to locate the SUV in Boston — recovering the vehicle at Horadan Way and Cornelia Court in Mission Hill after the driver crashed it into a police cruiser. Officers said one arrest was made, and they also recovered a gun.
Joseph is facing a number of charges from Boston police: unlawful possession of a firearm, unlawful possession of ammunition, receiving stolen motor vehicle, reckless operation of a motor vehicle, operating a motor vehicle with canceled registration, assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon, open container of alcohol in a motor vehicle and resisting arrest.
Additional charges are expected from the Stoughton Police Department.
