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03-26-2008, 08:56 AM
Just released from lockup, man tries carjacking
Frank Singleton
By Dianna Cahn | South Florida Sun-Sentinel
5:26 PM EDT, March 25, 2008
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The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office called him stupid Tuesday. But Frank Singleton could almost write the book on how to turn a misdemeanor into a felony without ever leaving the jail's parking lot.
"This is one of the stupid criminals," Sheriff's Office spokesman Paul Miller said.
Singleton, 21, of West Palm Beach, got released from the county lockup Tuesday after being arrested on a misdemeanor trespassing charge.
He immediately ran out into the visitor's parking lot and, in an apparent effort to get away as quickly as possible, tried to carjack a 2006 Nissan 350Z, Miller said.
The woman who was driving it, Justine Lapierre, was just getting out of her car when Singleton ran at her saying, "I want your car," Miller said.
He pushed Lapierre out of the way, grabbed the keys and jumped into the Nissan. But it was a manual transmission and Singleton couldn't operate it, Miller said.
Hearing the commotion, Sheriff's Office Pastor Leo Krug walked up and, holding his handgun by his side, ordered the barely free Singleton to the ground so a deputy could handcuff him.
Singleton was booked on a carjacking charge.
"I don't think he wanted to go back to jail," Miller said. "I think he really wanted to get away and was looking for a car." When the detective was making the arrest, he asked Singleton why he did this.
"I didn't feel like walking," Singleton said.
Dianna Cahn can be reached at dcahn@sun-sentinel.com or 561-243-6645.
LINK (http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sfl-0325carjacking,0,2861462.story)
Frank Singleton
By Dianna Cahn | South Florida Sun-Sentinel
5:26 PM EDT, March 25, 2008
http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/6320/37152401cl7.jpg
The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office called him stupid Tuesday. But Frank Singleton could almost write the book on how to turn a misdemeanor into a felony without ever leaving the jail's parking lot.
"This is one of the stupid criminals," Sheriff's Office spokesman Paul Miller said.
Singleton, 21, of West Palm Beach, got released from the county lockup Tuesday after being arrested on a misdemeanor trespassing charge.
He immediately ran out into the visitor's parking lot and, in an apparent effort to get away as quickly as possible, tried to carjack a 2006 Nissan 350Z, Miller said.
The woman who was driving it, Justine Lapierre, was just getting out of her car when Singleton ran at her saying, "I want your car," Miller said.
He pushed Lapierre out of the way, grabbed the keys and jumped into the Nissan. But it was a manual transmission and Singleton couldn't operate it, Miller said.
Hearing the commotion, Sheriff's Office Pastor Leo Krug walked up and, holding his handgun by his side, ordered the barely free Singleton to the ground so a deputy could handcuff him.
Singleton was booked on a carjacking charge.
"I don't think he wanted to go back to jail," Miller said. "I think he really wanted to get away and was looking for a car." When the detective was making the arrest, he asked Singleton why he did this.
"I didn't feel like walking," Singleton said.
Dianna Cahn can be reached at dcahn@sun-sentinel.com or 561-243-6645.
LINK (http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sfl-0325carjacking,0,2861462.story)