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Salinas Carjacking Suspects Arrested – 1/27/15 18:00 P.S.

Salinas police arrested two suspected carjackers today. At 3:15 this morning, a victim was carjacked at gunpoint by two suspects at East Market Street and Pearl Street. The stolen vehicle was parked on the 700 block of Elton Place when it was spotted by a Salinas police officer who began watching it. Two suspects were seen entering the vehicle and began to drive away. The vehicle’s driver, 25-year-old Juan Rivera, saw the officer, parked the car, and fled on foot with gun in hand. The passenger, 19-year-old Ruben Martinez stayed with the car while officers found Rivera hiding in a shed at the 100 block of North Felice Street. A small amount of narcotics and stolen property were recovered from the vehicle, and both suspects were arrested and booked into Monterey County Jail for carjacking.

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