ROYAL OAK TOWNSHIP, Mich. – A man was arrested after he allegedly carjacked a woman in Royal Oak Township.
According to Michigan State Police, a man approached an 87-year-old woman at a Dollar Tree off 8 Mile Road on Oct. 5 just before 1 p.m., took her keys from her hand and stole her car.
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At least two witnesses tried to intervene but were unsuccessful, police said.
Witnesses told police that the man then exited through the parking lot and headed west before turning north on Wyoming Avenue. Police said a witness tried to follow the suspect but lost sight of him, only to later find the car at an apartment parking lot on Pasadena Avenue.
Michigan State Police reviewed surveillance footage and saw the man entering an apartment in the same parking lot. The apartment was searched, but troopers learned the suspect was living at a relative’s home in Detroit.
Troopers then went to Detroit and arrested Angelo George Mitchell, 29.
The woman’s car was recovered, according to the Oakland County Prosecutor’s Office.
Mitchell faces carjacking and robbery charges.