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Suspected in church parking lot carjacking arrested

Tuesday, November 03, 2009

Staff Report

A 17-year old accused of robbing a woman outside a west Mobile church Sunday, hitting her in the side of the head with a rifle butt in the process, was arrested within an hour by Prichard police when they spotted the woman's vehicle, according to a Mobile Police Department news release.

Police charged Charles Braggs with first-degree robbery and third-degree assault in connection with the incident.

The woman was in the parking lot of Forest Hill Church of God at 8:10 p.m. Sunday when Braggs approached her and demanded the keys to her 2004 Dodge Durango, police said. She threw the keys down and Braggs hit her in the head with his rifle's stock, police said.

About 45 minutes later, according to the release, Prichard police spotted the woman's vehicle in Trinity Gardens, and after a brief pursuit, pulled it over and arrested Braggs.

A .22-caliber rifle was found inside the vehicle.

Pettway was being held without bail Monday at Mobile County Metro Jail.