3 Marines Arrested in Armed Carjacking
SAN DIEGO — Authorities have arrested three Camp Pendleton Marines on suspicion of armed carjacking.
Pfc. Deon L. Hudson, 20, a machine gunner from Dallas, and Pfc. Monterrio D. Ridgle, 23, a mortar-man from Fort Worth, Texas, were arrested Monday on charges of conspiracy, robbery, carjacking and vehicle theft.
Pfc. Gerren Phipps, 19, a rifleman from Raleigh, N.C., was arrested Tuesday.
All three were being held Tuesday in county jail.
The first two were arrested several hours after a woman was robbed of her white convertible while one of the men held a gun to her head, police said. The carjacking occurred shortly before 1 a.m. in the Mission Valley area of San Diego.
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