Teen carjacking suspect led police on chase through 4 towns in Lower Bucks

LOWER BUCKS COUNTY, PA — A Philadelphia teenager accused of carjacking led police on a four-town chase before crashing the van and being taken into custody, authorities said.

Warminster Township police charged Reynaldo Almanzar Rodriguez, 18, of Philadelphia, with motor vehicle theft, simple assault, RSP, PIC and making terroristic threats.

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He was arraigned before District Judge Chris O'Neill and sent to Bucks County Jail on 10 percent of $250,000 bail.

Last Tuesday, Warminster Police responded to the County Line Shopping Center, located in the 200 block of East County Line Road, for a report of a carjacking at a business.

The victim told police he was inside the unmarked business when two men entered, wearing all black clothing and black masks.

A man lifted his hooded shirt, displayed a handgun and demanded the keys to the victim's orange Dodge TRX pickup truck.

The victim handed over the keys to the truck when the second man stole his cellphone, police said.

The two men left the store, took the truck and a black Dodge Challenger and fled east on County Line Road.

Warminster Police released the description of the suspect and vehicle to all surrounding departments.

A short time later, Upper Southampton Police observed the vehicles and both vehicles fled the scene.

The vehicles drove through Upper Southampton Township, then Lower Southampton Township and finally Bensalem, where the Black Dodge Challenger crashed, police said.

The occupant of the Challenger was taken into custody without further incident, while the orange Dodge Pickup fled toward Philadelphia, police said.