Nineteen-year-old Ja’Marion Dalton of Columbia was indicted on Friday by a Boone County grand jury on charges of carjacking and multiple burglaries.
Officers with the Columbia Police Department arrested Dalton and Emmanuel Ernest, both 19in September after alleged vehicle break-ins and an alleged carjacking, according to previous KOMU 8 reporting.
After their arrest, police executed a search warrant at their residences, where they found an allegedly stolen firearm and three credit cards from burglary victims, according to previous reporting.
Police also found one of the allegedly stolen vehicles near Dalton’s residence. Dalton was then arrested and the key fob to a different vehicle was found in his pocket, according to the probable cause statement.
Dalton was indicted Friday morning for vehicle hijacking, armed criminal action, stealing, six counts of burglary and unlawfully gaining entry into motor vehicles, according to court documents.
Ernest has not been indicted. He and Dalton are both being held without bond at the Boone County Jail, according to jail records.
Ernest is charged with vehicle hijacking, armed criminal action, stealing, five counts of burglary and unlawfully gaining entry into motor vehicles. His preliminary hearing is scheduled for Nov. 24.
Source: www.komu.com
