LAKEWOOD, Colo. — A woman is now in custody after police said she carjacked someone at a Lakewood car wash on Friday afternoon.
Lakewood Police said they got a call at about 1 p.m. Friday that a woman had used a weapon to carjack someone at a car wash in the 5800 block of West Colfax Avenue. Police didn't specify what kind of weapon it was, but did say it was not a gun.
According to a release, not long after that, Lakewood Police got two additional calls of attempted carjackings, saying that the woman had attempted to steal two other vehicles in the area.
Police said that while officers were searching the area, they spotted the suspect in a victim's car near West Colfax Avenue and Wadsworth Boulevard. Due to the string of crimes and danger to the public, they began a pursuit. During the pursuit, police said, she rammed several police vehicles while trying to get away. It all ended when she crashed near Harlan Street and the West 6th Avenue frontage road at about 2 p.m.
No one was hurt.
Cassandra Trujillo, 32, faces charges including three counts of robbery, first degree aggravated motor vehicle theft, three counts of menacing with a real/simulated weapon, third degree assault, criminal mischief, vehicular eluding, resisting arrest, reckless endangerment, reckless driving, obstruction of justice, felony warrant, misdemeanor warrant, and various other traffic-related charges.
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