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EYEWITNESS LOCAL NEWS
ELDERLY WOMAN VICTIMIZEDfrom Eyewitness News Online Man Charged In CAMC Carjacking Pleads Guilty Reported by:  Bob AaronVideographer: Jeremy Bias Web Producer: Bethany Simmons Also Contributing: Mamie Buoy Reported: Oct. 15, 2012 4:44 PM EDT Updated: Oct. 25, 2012 3:15 PM EDT
Charleston
, Kanawha County
, West Virginia
The man charged in the carjacking of an elderly woman entered a guilty plea in Kanawha County Circuit Court on Thursday afternoon. Brent Prouse, 24, pleaded guilty to second-degree robbery. Prouse is accused of carjacking a vehicle from Mildred Carper, 80, at the Charleston Area Medical Center parking garage Oct. 12. He faces the possibility of five to 18 years in prison when he is sentenced in December. Police have arrested a man they believed carjacked an elderly woman in the parking garage at CAMC General. Investigators believe Brent Prouse, from St. Albans, stole 80-year-old Mildred Carper's SUV last Friday. Officers believe Prouse was walking around the parking garage looking for a victim. They say he ripped the keys out of Carper's hand and drove off. Police found Carper's 2002 blue Jeep Liberty in St. Albans around 2am Tuesday. Investigators say they were able to identify Prouse because family members saw his picture on the news Monday night. Stay tuned to Eyewitness News for the latest on this developing story. Charleston Police are looking for the man who they say car jacked 80 year old Mildred Carper, It happened around noon Friday in the CAMC General parking garage. Carper says she was getting out of her car when a man walked up to her and grabbed her keys and asked for money. She didn't have any money to give him so he took off her in SUV. Thankfully Mildred was not hurt, but police need your help before this happens to someone else. So take a good look at the suspect in this case. He is described as a white male with light colored hair between 25 and 30 years old and around 220 pounds. The vehicle he stole is Mildred's 2002 blue Jeep Liberty. If you have any information, call Charleston Police at 304-348-6480. MORE NEWS FROM EYEWITNESS NEWS
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