(KMJ) – The Madera County Sheriff’s Department says a man told them he was carjacked around 6:30 Friday afternoon from a home on Blackfoot Road in Coarsegold.
The victim told investigators he knew the two suspects and voluntarily drove to their house to give them a ride to a convenience store. But they then forced him into the back of his vehicle and began driving towards Fresno.
CHP officers located the vehicle on Highway 99 south of Fresno and eventually stopped it near Selma after a short pursuit. The two suspects fled the vehicle on foot, but were quickly located and arrested.
The victim was not injured during the incident and easily identified the two suspects since he knew them. The suspects apparently told the victim they needed to get to the Selma area to buy narcotics, but no other motive has been established for the crime.
The suspects, Christopher McCombs and his uncle William McCombs, were transported to the Madera County Jail where they were booked for Carjacking, Kidnapping, Conspiracy, Evasion.
Christopher McCombs is also being charged with Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol or Drugs.
