Police: Suspect in Newburyport carjacking arrested in RI

A man needed in connection with a carjacking in Newburyport on Friday afternoon has been arrested in Rhode Island administrators reported Officers responding to a informed carjacking on High Street around p m learned that an unknown man went into a residential driveway shoved a -year-old man to the ground and stole his car according to Newburyport police After an analysis and a review of nearby surveillance video David L Agenta who is homeless but previously lived in Gloucester was arrested in Rhode Island on two counts of carjacking and a charge of assault and battery on an elderly or disabled person Agneta is expected to be arraigned Monday in Rhode Island before being brought back to Massachusetts to face charges In a report Newburyport Marshal Matthew Simons disclosed I d like to commend our investigators including the responding officer Patrolman Michael Falite and Inspector Dani Sinclair for the excellent work they put into this episode Their professionalism resulted in a quick determination of the identity of the suspect providing us with the evidence needed to obtain a warrant and leading to this arrest in Rhode Island I m very grateful that their swift efforts and smart thinking led to this violent suspect being taken off the streets so he can no longer continue to put the residents at hazard