A man wanted in connection with carjacking a good Samaritan has been arrested in central Illinois.
The vehicle came to a sudden stop on Interstate 94 at 115th Street and the good Samaritan exited the vehicle and immediately laid on the ground. He told officers the suspect was still in the van at which time, Brown-Watkins allegedly sped away.
Officers later located the van abandoned two miles away, police said. Investigators also recovered a .22 Sterling Arms handgun from inside Brown-Watkins' wrecked red Chrysler 300 SRT, police said.Brown-Watkins was charged with four felonies including kidnapping while hijacking a vehicle, armed robbery, auto theft and pointing a firearm, police said. He was also charged with a misdemeanor count of leaving the scene of a crash.
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