BLACK Suspect In Custody After Stealing Delivery Driver’s Car With Wife, 2 Young Daughters Inside

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Suspect In Custody After Stealing Delivery Driver’s Car With Wife, 2 Young Daughters Inside In North Philadelphia, Police Say
By CBS3 Staff
February 20, 2021 at 7:30 am

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Police say a delivery driver’s family has been found safe after a suspect took off in the vehicle with the man’s wife and two young daughters inside. After a police pursuit through the streets of Philadelphia, the suspect was taken into custody.

Chopper 3 was overhead as police were able to capture the suspect.

The abduction happened at Broad Street and Erie Avenue around 8:40 p.m. Friday in North Philadelphia.

Police say the driver for City View Pizza was making a delivery with his 25-year-old wife, and his 4-year-old and 2-year-old daughters in the car.

That’s when police say a suspect jumped in the car and took off with the family inside. According to police, the vehicle has been found and the woman and children are OK.

However, police say the suspect took off in a different vehicle — a gray 2014 Toyota Scion — and was seen heading eastbound on Spring Garden from 21st Street.

The suspect then led police on a pursuit before he was finally captured near Franklin Square Park.

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Marcel Jenkins Identified As Carjacking Suspect Who Led Police On Chase Throughout Philadelphia
By Dan Koob
February 20, 2021 at 5:59 pm

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — It was a scene from straight out of a horror movie. A pizza delivery driver got out of his car only to have someone jump in and drive away with his family still in the car.

The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office announced charges against 33-year-old Marcel Jenkins. Jenkins is facing kidnapping, carjacking and related charges.

“This job is dangerous,” Randy Gregory said, “especially when you’re dealing with money.”

Gregory’s says his nephew is a delivery driver for City View Pizza near Broad Street and Erie Avenue in North Philadelphia. On Friday night, police say while the nephew got out of the car for work, a suspect jumped in and took off in the black Saturn.

Also in the car was the man’s wife and two children, described as ages 2 and 4, who Gregory says his nephew always brings on his deliveries.

“You can’t be safe anywhere. Nowhere,” Gregory said. “You jump in a car with wife and kids in the car, something wrong with you.”
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Police say the car jacked stopped at 21st and Spring Garden Streets. The suspect, police say, left the delivery driver’s family and stole another vehicle before leading officers on a chase through South Philadelphia and Center City.

This is the dramatic footage from Chopper 3 showing the carjacker, now in a silver Toyota Scion, driving into the snow-covered grass of Franklin Square Park.

Multiple Philadelphia Police officers surround the stolen vehicle and take the suspect, described as 6-foot with short hair and a medium build, into custody.

Gregory is happy his family is safe and the suspect is in handcuffs.

“It’s dangerous out here,” he said. “It’s sad. You can’t — it’s not safe anymore.”

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Offender Name:JENKINS, MARCEL
Custody Status:In Custody
Age:33
Location:
Race:African American
Contact Facility:
Offender ID:10081491
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:12/09/1987
Additional Information:
Alternate ID's
Booking Number:1913297
Booking Number:2101636
Other Jail Numbers:935193