VISALIA – On Sunday, at approximately 1227 hrs, officers respond to a suspicious circumstance at Demaree and Meadow regarding a female who had tried to take a vehicle with the owner in the car. The adult female victim was in her parked vehicle at Demaree/Meadow in the passenger side, when 42 y/o Suspect Amanda Dean got into the driver’s seat and told her she needed the car. The suspect began to drive away westbound on Meadow with the victim in the car. After a struggle with the suspect, the victim was able to get the car stopped. The suspect began to choke the victim, but the victim was able to get away.
The suspect left and was detained by officers nearby. Dean was booked at the Tulare County Pre-trial Facility for charges of Kidnapping, Carjacking, Vehicle Theft, and Assault with a Deadly Weapon. There were no injuries to the victim.