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Man hijacks elderly woman’s car, forces her to buy him fast food and drive him to drug deal

/ 04:41 PM February 22, 2018

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A man in Ohio was arrested last Feb. 19 when he allegedly took an 84-year-old woman hostage and forced her to take him to a drug deal.

On Feb. 15, 31-year-old Brett Engel hopped into the woman’s car while it was in the parking lot of a drugstore, according to the Cincinnati Enquirer. He was reported to be holding a box cutter.

According to court records, the woman was forced to be his chauffeur for a day, starting with a trip to the bank to withdraw $200 (around P10,400), which he took from her.

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Their next stop was a Wendy’s where he demanded she buy him food. They then passed by a gas station before she brought him to a White Castle restaurant.

This time, he didn’t seem to be after a meal as he met with two men. When he returned to the car, he took a drug via injection.

The woman continued to drive for him to two apartment complexes and then a gas station before he finally left. She was threatened not to report the incident, as Engel told her that he knew where she lived from her driver’s license.

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The records said that during their travel, Engel kept making calls on the woman’s cell phone. He also made an attempt to wipe his fingerprints from the car with a napkin.

However, the gas station stops turned out to be handy as he was identified through their surveillance cameras and in a photo line-up.

Engel has been charged with aggravated robbery and abduction. He is being held in a Cincinnati detention center with a bond of $750,000 (P39 million).  Niña V. Guno /ra

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