Saturday 28 May 2022 12:16 AM Disturbing moment carjacker targets CA woman, 81, as she fed the homeless in ... trends now
A carjacker dragged an 81-year-woman across a supermarket parking lot after she tried to stop him.
The Nina Steinman, of Redlands, was handing out food to the homeless at Stater Bros Markets on E Colton Avenue around 3.30pm on Monday - something she had been doing since January - when Carlos Sanchez Jr., 24, 'forcefully took the keys from her and got into the driver's seat.'
The market was the last stop as she pulled in to hand three men food and homemade ice tea when Sanchez approached her car.
'I said I don't have anymore food, it's all gone, but I can give you some iced tea,' she told KTLA.
Steinman attempted to stop Sanchez by holding onto the driver's side door handle, but the brazen thief quickly back up the vehicle with the trunk still open, pulling Steinman several feet across the ground.
'Let me tell you, I’m not afraid,' she told KTLA. 'I was going to grab his shirt and just drag that little puppy right out of the front seat, but I couldn’t get the door open.'
Surveillance footage shows the woman being thrown off the car, causing her to violently roll across the ground.
Three young men appear to chase after the car, but Sanchez managed to escape. The men then go to help Steinman off the ground and hand her the things she dropped.
The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) located Sanchez in the driver's seat of the Kia Sportage on East 11th Street in the City of Angels and taken to the LAPD Newtown Community Police Station, where Redlands police met them.
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Carlos Sanchez Jr., 24, 'forcefully' took an elderly woman's car keys from her at Stater Bros Markets on E Colton Avenue around 3.30pm on Monday before dragging her across the parking lot as he stole her Kia Sportage
Nina Steinman, 81, said she was planning on pulling him out of the car, but was unable to get the door open
The department said that 'based on evidence and witness statements,' officers were able to confirm Sanchez was the parking lot suspect.
Sanchez is being held at the West Valley Detention Center on a $250,000 bond and has been charged with carjacking and elder abuse.
Redlands PD reported Steinman was unharmed the incident, only suffering from a few bruises.
Steinman told KTLA that Sanchez took off with her purse and keys and she had to 'change the locks' at her home because she was 'so afraid that he would try to break in.'
Despite the horrific experience, Steinman said she will still continue to help the misfortunate.
'I'm 81, and the Lord is going to take me home probably soon, so while I'm here, I'm not going to stop. It's just what I'm called
