Louisiana investigators are searching for a pair of suspects accused of carjacking an elderly woman who was giving them a ride, according to detectives with the Baton Rouge Police Department and the Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office.
According to Sheriff Bobby Webre, an arrest warrant has been issued for 18-year-old Tim’ara Courtney, of Baton Rouge.
Courtney has been identified as one of the suspects in the carjacking of an elderly woman traveling from Jefferson Parish. A second female suspect has not been identified by investigators.
On Friday, June 3 around 11 p.m., APSO deputies responded to a carjacking incident in Sorrento. The victim told deputies she was driving the two women from Gretna to Baton Rouge and was asked to stop in Sorrento.
The suspects then ordered the victim to get out of the vehicle. The victim told detectives the women began attacking her when she refused to get out. The women forced the victim out of the car and drove away, investigators say.
Detectives with APSO contacted Baton Rouge Police, who found the vehicle along Plank Road. After a short chase, police found the car, wrecked and abandoned. APSO and BRPD have initiated a joint search to track down the suspects.
Deputies say upon her arrest, Courtney will be charged with carjacking and battery of the infirmed.
Anyone with information that can help the investigation is urged to call the Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office anonymously at 225-621-4636 or by texting 847411 to their anonymous tip line. You can also call Crime Stoppers at 225-344-STOP (7867).
