( KRON ) — A Pacifica man was taken into custody on Monday following three carjackings that took place in April throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, according to the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office.
On April 3, prosecutors said Eric Gerard Aikens Jr., 23, of Pacifica, approached a Lyft driver in Daly City who was waiting to pick up passengers from Dave & Busters. Aikens allegedly carjacked the vehicle and then drove it to a family member’s home in Oakland. The Lyft driver’s two Apple iPhones were still inside the vehicle when it was stolen, and they were used by the Daly City Police Department to track the vehicle to the family member’s house, the DA’s office said.
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The family member told investigating police officers that Aikens admitted to them that he carjacked the vehicle, and that it was left there because he was unable to start it again without the victim’s key fob, according to prosecutors. The family member gave officers Aikens’ cell phone number and home address, the DA’s office said.
On the following day, the family member contacted Daly City PD after Aikens allegedly carjacked another vehicle by gunpoint in Oakland and asked if the family member wanted to purchase it…