Crime & Safety
Woman Carjacked At Gunpoint In Lake Elsinore
Carlos Venegas, 26, of Lake Elsinore has been named as the suspect.
LAKE ELSINORE, CA — A felon suspected in a violent Lake Elsinore carjacking remained jailed Wednesday.
Lake Elsinore resident Carlos Venegas, 26, is in custody at Murrieta's Southwest Detention Center on suspicion of carjacking, assault with a deadly weapon, evading police/reckless driving, felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, and violating state parole, jail records show.
Venegas was arrested by Lake Elsinore sheriff's deputies just before midnight on January 8 at Machado Street and Lakeshore Drive. The deputies pursued him following a report of a carjacking at gunpoint around 11 p.m. that same night in the 29000 block of Lupine Hills Drive.
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"The victim reported her car taken at gunpoint," according to the Riverside County Sheriff's Department.
No bail has been set for Venegas, who was due in court Wednesday.
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