Braulio Cerda, Who Allegedly Tried to Kidnap Pleasant Grove Grandmother, Should Probably Go Ahead And Change His Profile Photo

By Anna Merlan Mon., Jul. 16 2012 at 10:51 AM

Categories: Crime

Pleasant Grove grandmother Elizabeth Smith, 45, had a wild hour last night, after a 3 a.m. trip to the corner store to get medicine and food for her grandbaby turned into an attempted kidnapping followed by a high-speed chase.

Smith told police that as she was walking back from the store, a man in a pickup truck ordered her into the car at gunpoint. She refused and ran, taking shelter behind a church and calling 911. After police picked her up, she sat in the squad car describing the truck, only to have it drive right by her window. A backup squad car chased the vehicle, with the car containing Smith following behind "at a safer speed," the Morning News' Avi Selk is careful to note. (Nonetheless, DPD: Could you not have had someone drop this poor woman off at home first?)

After what Smith estimated was a three-mile chase, the truck was stopped and Braulio Cerda, 19, was arrested. He's being charged with aggravated assault and held on a $25,000 bond.

Which is why it might be a good idea to re-think those profile photos, Braulio. They might give people the wrong idea. At least close that closet door and edge the crib out of the shot, dude.

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Yeah, and I noticed how he conveniently ignored the FACTS that I posted here that he asked for. And he still wanted to argue that the weapons referenced in the article that I posted weren't military grade, even though article itself said so! The article was even corrected from "assault" to "military" grade! I'm thinking this moron is maybe about 15 years old and doesn't understand anything about life in the real world.

Oh my bad. So you're a different person from the one who comes in here and posts random crime stats about grandmas getting raped by black dudes? Wow. I'm sorry that there's more than one of you out there.....

Gat2keeponmovin

You must have skipped over the 2 words before grandmother in the headline.

you're a moron

Could it be that WV has no major metro areas, and that it has the same population as Dallas, spread out over 24 THOUSAND square miles, whereas Dallas crams those people in 340 square miles? Could it be that the population in VW is less mobile, living in rural, hilly areas, thus less likely to commit crimes because they are less likely to come in contact with other people? But the meth labs do just fine in this isolated situation. And you're still an idiot conservatard.

Army1

I'd like to point out the fact that class 3 weapons cross our borders multiple times everyday. Legally purchased here it will make it's way to mexico and usually come back across as enforcers and gangs move back and forth. Getting a class 3 weapon is alot easier for a criminal than it is for a citizen.

Oak Cliff Townie

@Gat 2 Want to know what kind of fire power is available to those on the street ? Come to Oak Cliff on New Years Eve .Or maybe not .

Gat2keeponmovin

" I noticed he graduated from Skyline but lists his hometown as in Mexico." I guess we should be surprised he graduated.

Gat2keeponmovin

You have no point to debate. It's all just regurgitated liberal talking points that have no evidence to support it. Everything you said flies in the face of reality. Of course you're probably stoned most of the day and the only interaction you have with anyone who isn't white is when they bring over your pot or when you order at Taco Bell. Try looking around for a change. "The real culprit is money and education." Absolute nonsense. Feel good pat myself on the back on what a good liberal arts major I am bullshit. The real culprits are people who decide of their own free will to live a life without dignity and choose crime over a respectable lifestyle. Not poverty. Not education. I doubt you believe in free will anyway.

you're a moron, too

Who said anyone was blaming white people? You're a racist and a troll who has no idea how to debate a point. The line between these people and your white utopia isn't really race-based. Race is handy because it's obvious and it feeds into bigotry and ignorance easily. The real culprit, though is money and education. The poor and uneducated will be the majority of the petty criminals no matter how white your society is. Poor, uneducated whites will commit crimes more than rich, educated whites. The latter might use ponzi schemes and other ''white collar'' ways to steal, though.

TrayvonasaurusRexxx

Too bad what you wrote is total libtard horse shit. Please explain why West Virginia, one of the poorest (and whitest) states, also has one of the lowest crime rates in the country. It must be all the "unearned white privilege" of those poverty-stricken barefoot toothless hillbillies living in tarpaper shacks with no plumbing or electricity that keeps them from engaging in epidemic levels of violent crime, amirite?

Gat2keeponmovin

"Blame whitey.. poverty blah blah blah libtard infoshop nonsense"

Gat2keeponmovin

Or you could just use your brain and realize the likelihood of a 19 year old having an AK-47 in Dallas is so insignificant that it might as well be 0. Do you have idea how expensive full auto weapons are? If you could even find a full auto ak.

Montemalone

Anna, we need music for this one. I'm thinking some Right Said Fred may work. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39YUXIKrOFk

you're a moron

There would be plenty of white people doing stupid shit and committing crimes, too. Trust me. The marginalized in society tend to commit the crimes. Without the 'divershitty' you speak of, there would still be marginalization in spite of racial homogeneity. Those people feel they have less to lose, are less integrated into society, and they commit crimes. Skin color has very little to do with it.