GRAND CHUTE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — A man was arrested for allegedly carjacking a vehicle, then forcing the driver to withdraw money from various banks.
Grand Chute police say the man approached the driver and her 4-year-old child around 7:30 p.m. Monday outside their car in a parking lot in the 4300 block of W. Wisconsin Avenue. The 51-year-old man threatened the 31-year-old woman with a knife, forcing her to give him her keys and get into the car.
Police say he then drove around — with her and the child in the car — to banks in the area, forcing her to take money out for him.
The woman and her child were able to get out of the car in Neenah and report the incident to police. She and her child were taken to the hospital, where they were treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
Neenah police put out an alert to look for the vehicle. With the help of police in Winneconne and Omro, as well as the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office, arrested the man without incident.
Grand Chute police are recommending he be charged with kidnapping, carjacking, robbery and felony bail jumping.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Grand Chute police by phone at (920) 832-1575, by texting “GCPD” to 847411, through the police department’s Facebook page or its smartphone app.
