Police: Man carjacks vehicle with 2 kids inside
HACKETTSTOWN, N.J. (AP) - October 2, 2011
Charges were pending Saturday against 20-year-old Justin Mercer
of Princeton, who was injured when the SUV crashed on Interstate
280 in West Orange late Saturday morning.
The incident began on Interstate 80 in Warren County, when the
children's mother stopped to help Mercer, who had been involved in
an auto accident. Authorities say he took the woman's Lexus, but
soon dropped the children off unharmed at a Hackettstown bank
before allegedly stealing the SUV.
Details on Mercer's injuries were not disclosed, and it wasn't
known if he had retained a lawyer.