The San Rafael Police Department is praising a security guard at a San Rafael shopping center for “his swift and brave action when he intervened during a violent carjacking attempt and apprehended the suspect.”
As a result, Edward Ganny Carroll, a 41-year-old San Rafael resident, has been booked into the Marin County Jail on two felony charges. Just before 4:45 p.m., on Monday, May 8, the a man had just parked their car at the Montecito Shopping Center in San Rafael’s eastern downtown. While the he was stepping out of his vehicle, Carroll quickly approached him, demanded the keys to the car, and then began to punch and strike him violently.
He attempted to push Carroll away during the assault, but Carroll continued his attack. Carroll kept demanding the keys to the vehicle and tried to get into the still-open car.
“Fortunately, an observant security guard working at the Redwood Credit Union,” the SRPD report said, happened upon the incident and immediately took action by intervening between Carroll and the victim. The security guard separated Carroll from the victim, and that’s when Carroll tried to run away.
During Carroll’s attempted escape, he tripped and fell, allowing the security guard to catch up. Carroll then started to fight and struggle with the security guard, who eventually was able to stop Carroll and place him in handcuffs.
The first SRPD officers, who were in the area, immediately arrived and took Carroll into custody. During the investigation, officers watched nearby surveillance video that showed the violent attack and attempted carjacking.
Wow that is crazy! What is this world coming to
Although these are serious and violent felonies, the perpetrator, Edward Carroll, will likely get charged with a mere misdemeanor and placed in a “restorative justice” diversion program with no jail time levied. Too bad Carroll didn’t crack his head open when he fell. That would have been appropriate justice, imo. He is a serious threat to this community. Why hasn’t his mug shot been made public? Yeah, we know why. The victim’s life will never be the same. He will live with PTSD over this incident each and every moment for the rest of his life.