From Sandy Louey:
A 19-year-old man was arrested Sunday night for an attempted carjacking in Elk Grove.
Xavier Vasquez was a passenger in a vehicle that chased after a woman driving in the 5200 block of Laguna Woods Drive around 11:50 p.m., according to a police report.
After the woman turned down a side street to avoid Vasquez, he and another person approached her car and began punching the windows. The woman, who feared for her safety, believed they were going to take her vehicle, the report said.
The woman drove away. The other vehicle chased after her until it collided with a parked vehicle. Vasquez and others in the vehicle tried to set it on fire and then ran away.
A K-9 unit apprehended Vasquez, who was arrested on suspicion of attempted carjacking and resisting a peace officer.
Vasquez, who was being held on $50,000 bail, is scheduled to be in court Wednesday.
