15-year-old carjacking suspect Ja’Dyaiz Johns is in custody after Violent Crimes Initiative detectives located him around 1 a.m. today behind the wheel of the victim’s 2010 Ford Fusion in the 5500 block of Scruggs Lane.
Johns is accused of approaching a woman, who was sitting in her Ford Fusion Monday at 7 a.m. outside the Dollar Tree, 3460 Dickerson Pike, and taking her car at gunpoint. A handgun and a realistic looking AR-15 BB gun were recovered from the Fusion.
Johns and his three passengers, two males, ages 15 and 14, and one 17-year-old female were taken into custody. Johns is charged in Juvenile Court with carjacking. The three passengers are each charged with joyriding.
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