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Old Sep 13, 2005 | 09:51 AM
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Default TR Member carjacks fellow tr member :(

I'm sure many of you know bitbystreetracin(chad) & DsMPmPn8Ez(coons) They are both honda ethusiasts who often visit this site. I am friends with both of them which makes this really hard to believe.

http://www.ocala.com/apps/pbcs.dll/a...22/1001/News01

SUMMERFIELD - A couple awoke in their Southeast 135th Street home to shattered glass early Monday, before being assaulted and robbed at gunpoint.

Two robbers snatched a computer, a video game console, jewelry, a cell phone and other items from the Summerfield home before fleeing in the couple's Honda Civic and another vehicle, according to the Marion County Sheriff's Office.

Deputies later saw the two suspects in the stolen vehicles. They led officers on a high-speed chase before one of them was caught.

Chad Thomas Mervolion, 17, of Dunnellon was charged with home invasion robbery, grand theft, grand theft auto and resisting arrest, according to Sheriff's Office reports.

The second suspect, who was driving the stolen Honda, jumped out of the car and ran. Deputies were still searching for him Monday evening.

Sheriff's detectives said the two robbers were upset with 26-year-old James Albert Coons, the man whose home they invaded. Sometime shortly before 3 a.m., the pair broke through a window in the living room, where detectives later found blood.

The suspects then walked into the couple's bedroom. They held down the Coons and his companion, 21-year-old Heather M. Grennen, and one of the robbers put what the victims believe was a gun to the man's head.

The couple said one suspect kept yelling for the other to "shoot them. "

One of the robbers covered Coon's face with a pillow.

The couple, however, was able to identify Mervolion by his voice. Grennen told investigators that one of the robbers had approached her earlier at her Kmart job and told her that Coons had "screwed a lot of people and he was going to get his car stolen."

Grennen said the man even had offered to pay for a key to the house, which she refused.

"According to the victim (Coons), he and the suspect have history with a dispute regarding money and car parts," Detective Chris Vorisek said.

Shortly after responding to the break-in, deputies were able to locate Mervolion's home on Southwest 110th Street. They spotted the suspect's car and the stolen vehicle in that area and gave chase.

When Mervolion, a busboy in Ocala, was captured, he had blood on his clothing and lacerations and scratches "consistent" with broken glass, according to an arrest affidavit.