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Police track carjacking suspect using stolen cab’s GPS

By Emily Babay
Published April 30, 2012 4:00am ET
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Police track carjacking suspect using stolen cab’s GPS
Investigators used a taxi’s GPS system to track down the vehicle and the customer who carjacked it, Prince William County police said. Police allege that 29-year-old Margarito Avalar Escobar, of Chantilly, was a passenger in the cab when he began assaulting the driver near Prince William Parkway and York Drive in Woodbridge at about 2:45 […]

Investigators used a taxi’s GPS system to track down the vehicle and the customer who carjacked it, Prince William County police said.

Police allege that 29-year-old Margarito Avalar Escobar, of Chantilly, was a passenger in the cab when he began assaulting the driver near Prince William Parkway and York Drive in Woodbridge at about 2:45 a.m. Monday.

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