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Man charged in Kirkwood carjacking

Najee Neal, 28, faces charges of first-degree robbery, armed criminal action and resisting arrest

KIRKWOOD, Mo. — A man was charged in connection with a carjacking that happened in Kirkwood on Feb. 27.

Najee Neal, 28, faces charges of first-degree robbery, armed criminal action and resisting/interfering with arrest, according to Kirkwood police. 

Neal is being held at the St. Louis City Jail on a $125,000 cash-only bond. He had been on parole for a previous robbery conviction, police said.

The carjacking happened at a home on the 600 block of Meadowridge Lane.

The victim told police he was parked in his driveway when Neal approached his vehicle, pointed a gun at him and demanded his vehicle, phone, wallet and jacket. The victim complied and Neal took off.

Minutes later, a St. Louis police officer spotted the vehicle and chased it. The vehicle crashed and the suspect took off. Police arrested Neal.

KIRKWOOD, Mo. - A person was taken into custody after a carjacking in a residential neighborhood in Kirkwood, Missouri, Thursday afternoon. Kyley King said he had just pulled into the driveway at his home, near the intersection of Dickson Street and Meadow Ridge Lane, when a man approached his vehicle.

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