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Attempted carjacking sends man to jail

By Brian Hagen

07/16/2020

Dakota Penland (Credit: Atchison Co Sheriff's Office)

(KAIR)--An elderly man is pistol-whipped in an attempted carjacking after giving a pair a ride.
That allegation is made in a report from Atchison Police Chief Mike Wilson, who said the investigation was launched shortly before 11:00 Thursday morning when his officers were called to the area of 4th and Kansas Avenue for a report of an altercation involving a man running from the area waving a gun.

When they arrived, officers quickly found 24-year-old Dakota Penland, of Saint Joseph, Missouri, hiding in the bed of a truck that was parked in the 400 block of Santa Fe. According to Wilson, a handgun was recovered nearby.

It’s alleged that Penland and a 24-year-old woman had been walking on Pawnee Road, in rural Atchison County, when a 75-year-old man stopped to give them a ride into Atchison. Stopping the truck at 4th and Kansas Avenue, when they arrived, it’s alleged that Penland struck the driver in the face with a handgun to steal his truck keys. However, Penland and the woman fled on foot because someone approached.

Penland was arrested on charges of aggravated robbery, aggravated battery, and criminal possession of a firearm.
Following his arrest, Penland was booked into the Atchison County Jail.

The woman, who was located hiding in the hallway of a nearby apartment complex, was not charged.

The elderly driver was examined at the scene by Atchison County EMS but did not require transport to the hospital.

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