70-year-old Va. dogwalker beaten, hospitalized after stopping carjacking & saving 2 dogs

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Two men attacked a 70-year-old woman getting into her SUV in Northwest DC Thursday afternoon in a failed carjacking attempt.

Cristina Loma of Arlington, who is a dogwalker, had just put two dogs in the back seat of her Honda CRV when the men pulled her out of the driver’s seat. Police say the woman refused to hand over her SUV because the two dogs were in the back.

When she screamed for help, one of the men hit her repeatedly on the head with a pipe, causing severe bleeding.

When the men couldn’t gain control of the SUV, they ran away with her purse.

A witness told police she saw the men attack the woman and take her purse before running away.

A second witness said she saw the woman’s dogs shaking in the middle of the street as the men ran away.

Loma’s daughter said her mother was badly hurt and taken to a hospital, but by Friday afternoon her condition was improving.

https://wjla.com/news/local/va-woman-attacked-dogs-suv-dc

 

[Sejanus]

Turn them into to Alpo

 

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Two teenagers were arrested Saturday and charged for beating a 69-year-old dog walker in Northwest D.C. while trying to steal her car, police say.

The two suspects, 16-year-old Kaveyon Andrews of Northeast D.C., and 17-year-old Thadduse Hartridge of Southeast D.C., were both arrested and charged as adults with assault with intent to rob while armed and armed carjacking.

Police say Andrews and Hartridge beat the victim with a pipe in broad daylight during an attempted carjacking

The woman was dropping off a dog named Luchu when two men tried to steal her car. Another dog was also in the car during the attack.

"She got out and they confronted her and told her to give [them] the car and she refused because the dogs were in the car and then they beat her," said Caesar Layton, Luchu's owner.

Police say the suspects were unable to take the vehicle.

The victim's daughter told News4 that the pipe attack left deep gashes in her mother's head.

"I don't know. These people are just, I guess, sick in the head. Because how you can beat the person that cannot defend theirselves?" the victim's daughter said.

D.C. police also say Andrews and Hartridge were charged in two other robbery offenses, including an armed robbery on Dec. 12 and a robbery while armed with a knife on Jan. 16.

Teens Arrested in Brutal Beating of Dog Walker in Northwest DC

Two suspects are wanted for beating a 69-year-old dog walker with a pipe in broad daylight during an attempted carjacking in Northwest D.C., police say.

www.nbcwashington.com

 

[Keepalowprofile]

That is so sad.

If it was just the car then fine, give it to them.

But i totally understand that she was worried about the dogs. What a kind heart. Sorry this happened.