On the Right Track
Police in Montclair, Calif., shot and wounded a man allegedly trying to hijack a freight train using a homemade bow and arrow. The engineers bailed from the engine and responding officers shot the man when he pointed the arrow at them. Once the smoke cleared, prosecutors considered the case of Juventino Vallejo-Camerena, 43, trying to figure out what to charge him with. “A train is a motor vehicle,” said Deputy District Attorney Robert Lemkau, making his thought process clear. “It’s a train. It moves. It’s a diesel.” Thus, Vallejo-Camerena has been charged with carjacking. (Riverside Press-Enterprise) ...And since the train had 71 cars, they filed six-dozen counts against him.
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