A runaway juvenile is arrested after a carjacking and fleeing to Oklahoma.
Yesterday at around 5:00pm, Galena Police Officers received a call of a possible carjacking at the Dollar Tree. The suspect forced the driver out of their car with a knife. The suspect then took off westbound on 7th Street. During their investigation, officers discovered that Cherokee County Deputies were working on a runaway juvenile case. The description given by the victims matched the description of the runaway juvenile.
At about 12:00am, the Galena Police Department received notification that the juvenile was located in Grady County, Oklahoma after an accident with the vehicle. The suspect is currently in the Juvenile Detention Center. Charges are being submitted for aggravated criminal threat, aggravated robbery and aggravated endangering a child.
