Amador County – A Sacramento man was arrested last week on charges of attempted carjacking after trying to steal a Jeep while allegedly armed with a large piece of wood.
Amador County Undersheriff Jim Wegner released details of the arrest, saying that on Wednesday, June 13 at about 6:05 p.m., the Amador County Sheriff’s Department received a call reporting a suspicious subject that had been loitering around Amador Station at 27846 Inspiration Drive East in Pioneer for several hours. A Sheriff’s Deputy was dispatched and responded.
As the deputy was arriving on scene, dispatch received a follow-up call that the subject had armed himself with a piece of wood and had attempted to steal a citizen’s vehicle. The deputy located the subject between two vehicles with the piece of wood on the ground nearby. The subject was detained.
Upon further investigation it was determined the subject was from Sacramento and was en route to Iowa. The subject allegedly approached a citizen and asked for a lighter. When the citizen attempted to obtain one from his vehicle, the subject armed himself with a large piece of wood and demanded the citizen’s car keys.
The citizen refused to give the keys, and fled into the business wherein he reported the attempted vehicle theft. As the citizen reported the attempted theft, the subject used the piece of wood to vandalize the 1992 Jeep, denting the door, smashing the headlamp and breaking a marker lamp.
David Randall McDowell, 18, of Sacramento was arrested by Amador County Sheriff’s Deputies and charged with attempted carjacking and felony vandalism. McDowell’s bail was set at $80,000.
Wegner said while in custody at the Amador County Jail, McDowell has made two futile efforts at escaping. The first was when he attempted to conceal himself inside a laundry cart, believing the laundry was processed off-site. The second was when he attempted to get an inmate to steal “jail keys” in exchange for food products.
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