Repo man run over while trying to claim car in El Segundo
Stephen Jimenez has been charged with attempted murder. Photo courtesy ESPD A man whose 1999 Mercedes was being repossessed has been charged with attempted murder after he allegedly ran over the man trying to claim his car last week in El Segundo. Stephen Jimenez, 33, was apparently behind in his loan payments when a representative from a finance company arrived to take the car. As the man attempted to gain entry to the car, Jimenez hiding within emerged from the car, took the wheel, and allegedly attempted to run the man over. Jimenez then reportedly drove three blocks at speeds witnesses estimated to be between 40 and 50 mph with the man clinging to the hood of the car. El Segundo Police Department Lt. Raymond Garcia said that officers responded to a report of an accident and possible hit and run on Dec. 11 at 1:54 p.m. near the area of El Segundo Boulevard and Main Street. “Our officers quickly understood it wasn’t a vehicle accident but the driver intentionally drove off with our victim on the hood of his car,” Garcia said. “What appeared to have happened is our victim was in the process of repossessing the vehicle… When he located it, the driver of the vehicle was laying down…
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