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And if it were attempted car theft it should also be classified as an attempted kidnapping as well.

Wouldn't this be an attempted car theft and not carjacking? I didn't read anywhere the victim was forced from the car.

anybody know what kind of car the victim had?

These incidents can happen anyplace anytime. Be prepared they mean business!

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Jersey City crime blotter: Carjacker flees car after seeing sleeping boys in back seat

By Charles Hack/The Jersey Journal
on January 14, 2013 at 3:10 AM


JRSEY CITY ? An attempted carjacking at a Downtown Jersey City hotel was thwarted yesterday morning when the thief saw two boys sleeping in the back of the car he was going to steal, police reports said

Police responded to the Westin Hotel at 479 Washington Blvd. at 12:09 a.m. on the report of an attempted carjacking. There they met the a 35-year-old Manhattan resident, who said he was unloading his car when a man tried to drive away with it, reports said.

But when the carjacker saw the driver?s two sons, aged 13 and 4, sleeping in the back the car, he fled, the victim told police.

The carjacker left the car?s transmission in ?drive? but the victim was able to get in and stop the car from moving forward, reports said.

The victim?s girlfriend, who was at the scene, said she saw the suspect get into a dark colored Acura that then fled south on Washington Boulevard.

The suspect had been holding a piece of gray luggage that was left at the scene, reports said.

Neither of the boys was injured, reports said.

JJ piece?which also includes a bonus feature : Man uses rod to attack family

http://www.nj.com/jjournal-news/index ... ld-be_carjacker_in_j.html

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