A Boston scofflaw out on bail for two open larceny cases has been slapped with $10,000 bail after allegedly pulling a gunpoint carjacking last month, authorities said.
Ricardo Encarnacion, 29, accused of sticking a firearm against a man's back and swiping his ride during a sneaker sale gone wrong on October 22, appeared before East Boston District Court, where Judge Joseph Griffin bound him over for a December 12 pre-trial hearing. The suspect's alleged modus operandi involved a previous acquaintance with the victim under the moniker "Lu," frighteningly demonstrating the ease with which trust can be twisted into terror, marring the night on Saratoga Street with the specter of violent theft.
The terrifying escapade unfolded around 7:15 p.m., when the victim intended to sell sneakers to a man he only knew as “Lu,” a past customer. According to the Suffolk County District Attorney's office, suddenly another man dressed in black and a masked accomplice in a white vehicle sprang a chilling surprise; one brandishing a gun, the other making off with the victim's car toward Orient Heights train station, the quick recovery of the vehicle, and Encarnacion's link to the crime facilitated by the GPS monitor he wore for another case.
According to authorities, Encarnacion wasn't playing it smart; despite dealing with pending larceny charges from Framingham and Waltham district courts, he allegedly executed this brash crime under the watch of a GPS monitor, a move Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden viewed as "extremely brazen" citing Encarnacion's deceit and targeting of the victim based on past transactions. Luckily, this shakedown did not end in bodily harm, with the DA's disclosure beating home the irony of a man with every movement tracked by law enforcement purportedly yet stepping so flagrantly afoul of the law.
