On March 2 at 10:00 am, Antioch Police Department Detectives saw 28 year old Justin Griffin driving a vehicle that had been stolen in an armed carjacking just days prior.
The Antioch Detectives knew that a gun was used in the carjacking and were aware that Griffin had warrants for his arrest and was considered a parolee at large.
The Detectives attempted to use uniformed Patrol Officers to contact and arrest Griffin, however he fled from the contact and led the Patrol Officers on a short vehicle pursuit. Griffin caused a vehicle collision on Delta Fair Boulevard near Somersville Road.
He fled from the collision on foot and was captured in the parking lot of a nearby business. Griffin fought with the arresting officers, but was eventually taken into custody.
Griffin and the driver of the vehicle that he collided with were both evaluated for injuries at a local hospital as a precaution due to the collision. Griffin was released from the hospital and was eventually transported to the Martinez County Detention Facility.
The investigation is ongoing; anyone with information regarding this case is encouraged to call Sgt Wisecarver with the Antioch Police Department at (925) 779-6941.
Update:
On 2/28/2016 at approximately 11:30 pm, two female victims were leaving the Antioch Amtrak train station in a car when a male suspect approached the car on foot and opened the driver’s door.
The male suspect dragged the female driver out of the car. The male suspect was holding a handgun in his hand and ordered the females away from the car. The male suspect got into the driver’s seat and fled the area in the female’s stolen car. The two females were not injured during this incident.
31 comments
Good job and thank you!
Looks like the kind of guy who talks about the corruption in the world, but instead of creating positive change, hurts his community and blames everyone else.
Looks like a crackhead to me. But you have an agenda so go with it.
Stupid low life. Thank God my girlfriend is ok. Lucky for full covered insurance. Hope you have fun in jail loser!!!
Hell make bail
I was thinking he just looks like some cranked up loser who doesn’t have a clue whats going on in the world.
This is a case in which I wonder why the cops didn’t just shoot this loser… What does he add to society??? Nothing. So quit wasting our tax dollars!
Hope someone takes his manhood in jail. POS ruining someone elses day because he was raised by morons like himself. Rot in hell coward
alll u barking wont speak if u had him face to face shows the fakenesss out here all bark no bites i bet angel wont see him one on one
Then please post your real name and address so Angel and the others can contact you instead of the keyboard bad boy you are.
Dude I would knock this skinny tweaker out and you too coward. Defending a criminal, go play in traffic nd and do the world a favor, I live Loveridge, if you like to meet up, we can
We will see him again in a few years. His kind will keep taking if you all let him.
You people do not know Justin and his mother is a good woman…so u should go jump off a cliff for saying that moron comment you all have issues and can’t deal with them … so u sit around criticising others …get a life!
Justin and his mother can pick you up (Probably in a stolen car someone worked hard for) then you all can drive and drive until you reach a cliff, and push the gas until you all go falling down a cliff. We dont need to know this scumbag or his dumb mother to know they are filth and menace to society. Hope this rat rots in jail and his mother crys every night knowing hes get butt rammed by bubba. Hope you get your car stolen one day and wrecked by some filth like this guy so you can see how it is to get your hard earned property stolen by a crack head and wrecked moron. God you’re pathetic!
How sad for you…. Obviously this loser hasn’t stolen from you….yet… Or you just love to be manipulated by trash like this. You and people like you are the real cause to these kind of problems by feeling sorry for the criminals instead of the victims! What is wrong with u!!!???
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At such a young age he has already been booked into jail a minimum of 23 times. At what point do the voters and tax payers hold the DA’s Office responsible for letting this scum out.
It doesn’t matter if his mom is a good woman, he is a horrible person and a drain on society. He needs to be caged like an animal.
It is not the DA’s office that needs to be held responsible. It is the dumb ass liberal politicians and citizens that vote for them. The DA can only do what’s within the law.
Ya gotta love the ghetto and their ghetto ways. Welcome to Antioch.
So much poison and venom. He was someone’s sweet baby at one time. What happened??? He should remain in jail and he needs counciling while in there. I’m sorry for the damage and terror you suffered. This man needs to repent and get a new focus in his life. This is how I see it. Jesus saves.
Look…. First of all its counseling….. Second…. Why aren’t you offering counseling and prayer to victims that this animal has victimized selfishly????It has been said earlier that he has committed 23 earlier crimes that he was CAUGHT doing… How many has he actually committed in his disgusting useless life???? Tons. Stop using the pity card for people that aren’t deserving.
This guy is a POS, and you guys are idiots for defending this loser. Who cares about his sad life and his mother. If he or his family were good, he wouldn’t be locked up in county right now. I hope this puts him away for a long time. I can’t believe so many people here defend these morons. I’m sure none of you would be defending this guy if he pointed a gun at you or your loved ones.
all of you suck these n stfu
Eastbay925. You must be made pof the same retard mold as Justin. He is a criminal that needs to be locked up.
an you guys act like doing a fukn protest in antioch is gona make everybody out there drop there guns like its nothing huh thats more retarded then walking in the streets with nothing and getting shot like the girl did off the piers in the city
Do you know what punctuation is or grammar for that matter?? You just gave me a headache! Geez…. I’m not the grammar police but come on….
Check It out. Yeah, Justin does some f’ed up stuff. I’ll be the first to admit that. But yall don’t know the whole story. Can’t believe everything the news says. I’m sorry that the girls had to go thru that experience, nobody should have to. I’ve been there, had it happen to me. And if you want someone to blame for him getting released blame Parole and AB109. He needs help, true. It’s just sad that the Justice system calls for CORRECTIONS and REHABILITATION… yet it fails to get the offenders the help they need. Like, I said he does some f’ed up stuff but he can also be a good person. He’ll get what he deserved but hopefully he can get the help he needs as well. I’m NOT saying that what HE did was ok. What I am saying is that he should only be charged with what HE did & not what anyone else did.
Keep in mind, this is not what the “news says”… it’s what APD says.
Very true. My apologies to East County Today because you guys do an amazing job of informing the public of what is going on locally and I, for one, definitely appreciate it.
What help does he need, Danielle? He needs help to become a considerate human being who has the mental capacity to know right from wrong. This should’ve been instilled in him by his parents while growing up. Now that he’s a young adult, YOU call upon the correctional officers to somehow transform his attitude and moral code? What are the jail officers to do, rebuild him from the inside out? Tell me, please, HOW do you help someone like this? Let’s say we give him no handouts – we don’t give him money or free job training or free school or vouchers. He isn’t allowed to *get something* simply because he’s a repeat criminal. Tell me WHO is responsible to stop him from committing more crime?
The news needs to word it better or do a little bit more research before convicting somebody n running there name thru the dirt there’s 2 sides to every story and things aren’t usually as they apear to be.. let’s not forget that we are all innocent until proven guilty!!!#
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