It appears the juvenile taken into custody last week at Kentridge High School for a reported carjacking was not the person who allegedly committed the crime.<\/p>\n
“The victim in the case did not identify the respondent as the person involved – the victim said the person involved in the incident had different clothes and an earring,” said Casey McNerthney, spokesperson for the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, in a Sept. 10 email. “So the showup with the victim had a negative identification.<\/p>\n
“Following that, the court only found probable cause for driving with no valid driver’s license and released the respondent to his grandmother with the standard conditions of release.”<\/p>\n
Those conditions include no alcohol or non-prescribed drugs, attend school, no weapons, attend all court dates required to be in person and no new law violations, McNerthney said.<\/p>\n
The carjacking remains under investigation by the Kent Police.<\/p>\n
“Kent Police are still working on the case right now and in communication with King County prosecutors,” McNerthney said. “If or when there is additional information, prosecutors can make a charging decision.”<\/p>\n
Kentridge High School went into lockdown Thursday morning, Sept. 5 after Kent Police reported a juvenile fled to the campus after allegedly committing a carjacking.<\/p>\n
Officers responded at about 9:30 a.m. to a report of a carjacking after the victim called 911, according to a Kent Police news release. A 27-year-old Newcastle man reported the suspect had posed as a purchaser of a vehicle he had for sale.<\/p>\n
Following a test drive and a discussion about the price for the vehicle, the suspect reportedly produced a firearm and took the vehicle, according to police. The suspect reportedly fled into the parking lot of Kentridge, 12430 SE 208th St., where the unoccupied vehicle was located by police.<\/p>\n
The suspect was found to have entered the high school, which was immediately placed on lockdown. Officers found the suspect and took the juvenile into custody without incident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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