Man Arrested After 2 Attempted Carjackings In Oldsmar

OLDSMAR, FL — A North Carolina man is facing numerous charges after Pinellas County Sheriff's deputies said he tried to carjack two vehicles and threatened customers at a Panera Bread in Oldsmar.

According to Pinellas County Sheriff's deputies, at about 1:35 p.m. Saturday, 47-year-old Kelly Mascavage was at the Oldsmar Circle K/Shell station at 3170 Tampa Road in Oldsmar, pumping gas at the passenger's side of her Mazda 5 SUV.

Deputies said 36-year-old Troy Johnson of North Carolina drove a minivan into the gas station and parked next to the driver's side of Mascavage's SUV. Johnson got out of the minivan and entered Mascavage's SUV through the driver's side door.

Realizing the keys were not in the ignition, Johnson demanded that Mascavage give him the keys to the SUV. Mascavage refused and ran inside the business to call 911. Deputies said Johnson fled the gas station on foot and entered the Panera Bread restaurant next door at 3180 Tampa Road in Oldsmar where he began pacing back and forth, yelling at the manager and the seven customers inside the restaurant that he was not leaving until someone gave him keys to a car.

Johnson eventually walked out of the business.

When deputies arrived, Johnson was in the Panera Bread parking lot attempting to carjack a Ford Fusion driven by 36-year-old Wayne Curvin Jr. Johnson ran around the vehicle to avoid deputies and tried to open the vehicle's door before fleeing east on foot.

Deputies gave chase and used an electronic control weapon to stop Johnson. He was taken into custody and given medical attention by Oldsmar Fire Rescue.

Johnson was found to be under the influence of narcotics and was transported to Mease Countryside Hospital.

He's been charged with one count of unarmed carjacking, one count of false imprisonment, one count of attempting carjacking and one count of resisting arrest without violence. Johnson remains in the hospital.