The suspect Alan Ticas-Soto, 21, attempted to steal the couple's car from the fast-food restaurant's parking lot on 4th street in San Mateo. As the husband was heading toward the restaurant, the suspect jumped into his 2003 Nissan Altima and attempted to drive off while his wife was still in the passenger seat.
According to police, the couple was unharmed and Ticas-Soto ended up smashing the car into a Taco Bell sign and then fled on foot. The suspect was later arrested by police a few blocks from the crime.
Ticas-Soto admitted to the police that he had been taking methamphetamines for the past three days. The suspect is now facing felony carjacking charges and misdemeanor drug chargers, Ticas-Soto faces up to nine years in prison if found guilty.
1 comment:
Not bad, but you could do so more with this story.
Your lead needs work. The fact that the newlyweds' names weren't released isn't important enough to go in the lead. Because they're not well known, it should be a delayed identification lead anyway.
The suspect attempted to steal the car with the bride still in the front seat. That's unusual. That's news! That needs to be in your lead, or at the start of P2, not buried at the bottom of P2. Plus, the bride was still in her wedding dress! That's a dramatic image, so I would not omit that detail.
The last two sentences work fine.
Posted late. 13-1(late)=12/15
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