Plainclothes N.C. Cop Carjacked, Pursuit Ends in Fiery Fatal Crash

Police say that in their haste to get away, robbery suspects crashed one car and then carjacked an SUV from a plainclothes Gastonia police officer.

January 8, 2009

Police say that in their haste to get away, robbery suspects crashed one car and then carjacked an SUV from a plainclothes Gastonia police officer.

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