Tuesday, January 16, 2007

The Carjacking: "Don't do anything stupid!"

3:34pm. Joseph Bolton, who drives a tow truck for Kirkland Automotive, takes the stand.

-Bolton testified that he saw activity at the Kirkland Byrne Dairy. He parked his tow truck, ate pizza, and listened to "Mandatory Metallica" (courtroom laughs) on K-Rock.

-There was a knock on the passenger side window. Bolton saw a neatly groomed black man with short hair and a thin beard. Man said he had car trouble. Bolton said "Sure, where do you have to go?" Man opened door. "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania." The man had a gun.

-Bolton opened his door and tried to get out. Man said, "Close the damn door, close the damn door. We're gonna go." Man told him to take a left onto Route 5 (away from Byrne Dairy). Went straight, passing Route 233. Man (who is presumed to be Walter Richardson but has not been officially identified) said to watch the high beams and watch the speed. Police vehicles passed them going in the opposite direction.

-Bolton testified that the man said, "Stay cool, be calm, don't do anything stupid." Man held a gun to Bolton and threatened to shoot him.

-Regarding the police vehicles, Bolton asked the man, "I'm not a rocket scientist, but are they for you?" Man: "Yeah". Man said he "Made a big mistake."

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