Cops: Man pushed woman out of car, tried to take truck
The traffic incidents last week began with an argument.
A suburban West Palm Beach man is facing multiple charges after he allegedly attacked a woman in her car last week and tried to carjack a tow-truck driver that same day.
Authorities say Javin Jackson’s crime spree began at about 9 a.m. Tuesday in the area of Okeechobee Boulevard and Indian Road just west of the West Palm Beach limits.
A woman told police investigators that she and Jackson were stopped at a traffic light when they began arguing. Jackson , 34, punched her in the face and pushed her out of the driver’s seat of a Ford Expedition, according to Palm Beach County Sheriff ’s Office reports.
He repor tedly jumped into the driver’s seat and took off west on Okeechobee Boulevard, then crashed the vehicle in the area of Okeechobee and Biscayne Bay boulevards.
Moments later, Jackson approached a tow t ruck near the crash scene and climbed into the passenger seat, police say, and tried to force the driver to get out, without success.
Deputies responding to the crash located Jackson and pulled him from the truck. While taking him into custody, deputies found Ecstasy pills in his possession, the report said.
Jackson is charged with carjacking, domestic battery and drug possession.
He wa s b e i n g h e l d a t the county jail Monday on $15,000 bail.