18-year-old arrested for carjacking elderly man in Publix parking lot

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (CBS12) — An 18-year-old man is behind bars after police say he carjacked an 81-year-old victim.

According to Port St. Lucie police, police responded to SE Becker Road around 6:23 p.m. on Friday after receiving calls of an armed robbery of an 81-year-old man.

Detectives said the victim was sitting in his car in a Publix parking lot when 18-year-old Reginald Mitchell entered the back seat of the vehicle. Security captures the moment Mitchell entered and sped off in the car.

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Mitchell reportedly forced the victim to drive away, threatening him with a gun. Mitchell then forced the victim out of the car in a nearby neighborhood before fleeing in the stolen car.

The victim knocked on a door and asked for a ride back to Publix, where he called 911. Officers issued a BOLO, and shortly after the Stuart Police Department found the vehicle and arrested Mitchell.

Reginald Mitchell was arrested on charges of armed carjacking, robbery with a weapon, and false imprisonment.