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14-year-old charging phone in dad's truck is beaten, carjacked

14-year-old charging phone in dad's truck is beaten, carjacked
WHEN HE SAYS A GUY GOT IN THE TRUCK AND FORCED HIM TO DRIVE TO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND THIS IS WHERE HE WAS BEATEN AND THE TRUCK WAS STOLEN AND THIS MAILBOX WAS DAMAGED DURING THE CAR JACKING >> YOU CAN SEE TEETH MARKS. REPORTER: TODAY THIS MOTHER IS HELPING HER SON RECOVER FROM BEING BEATEN AND CARJACKED. >> HIS FACE WAS VERY, VERY BRUISED. HE HAD BLOOD ALL OVER HIS FACE AND MOUTH. HIS EYES WERE REALLY PUFFY. REPORTER: 14-YEAR-OLD ISAIAH SANCHEZ WAS AT A POOL PARTY WITH HIS DAD WHEN HE DECIDED TO CHARGE HIS PHONE IN HIS DADS TRUCK. >> WHEN I WAS WALKING TO THE TRUCK I SAW HIM WALKING, BUT I IGNORED HIM. REPORTER: HE SAYS THAT GUY HAD A DOG AND HE STARTED TALKING TO HIM AND SAID HE WAS TIRED OF WAL >> HE PUT HIS DOG IN THE BACK OF THE TRUCK AND HE GOT IN AND HE WAS LIKE 'MY HOUSE IS JUST A 2-3 MINUTE DRIVE. CAN YOU DRIVE ME THERE? REPORTER: THE TEENAGER THEN SAYS HE WAS FORCED TO DRIVE THE MAN TO THIS RIO RANCHO NEIGHBORHOOD. THAT'S WHEN HE SAYS THE GUY STARTED BEATING AND BITING HIM AND TOOK THE TRUCK. >> HE WAS LIKE, YOU BETTER GET OUT OR YOUR DADS GOING TO HAVE TO ATTEND A FUNERAL. REPORTER: RIO RANCHO POLICE SAY THEY FOUND THE STOLEN TRUCK THIS MORNING, BUT ARE STILL LOOKING FOR THIS MAN. NEIGHBORS HAVE BEEN GIVING POLICE HOME SECURITY VIDEO OF A MAN WALKING HIS DOG, HOPING IT HELPS POLICE TRACK DOWN THE ATTACKER. THEY AREN'T SURE IT'S THE ACTUALLY SUSPECT BUT IT COULD HELP THE INVESTIGAT THE BOYS MOTHER TELLS ME WAS SO BLACK AND BLAH SHE DID NOT RECOGNIZE HIM. THE DOCTORS WANT HIM TO TAKE SHORT BREAK FROM PLAYING FOOTBALL
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14-year-old charging phone in dad's truck is beaten, carjacked
Police say a 14-year-old was charging his phone in his dad’s car when a man viciously attacked him. Isaiah Sanchez says he was at a pool party with his father when he went to the truck to charge his phone.He saw a man walking toward him, but said he ignored him. Isaiah said the man had a dog and told him he was tired of walking. "He put his dog in the back of the truck and he got in and he was, like, 'My house is just a two-three-minute drive. Can you drive me there?'" Isaiah said.Isaiah said he was forced to drive the man to a Rio Rancho neighborhood where things took an ugly turn."He was, like, 'You better get out or your dad's going to have to attend a funeral,'" Isaiah said.Isaiah said the man reached for his phone that was inside his pocket. "I remember hitting his hand away from me and then the next second we're throwing blows in the truck,” he said.Isaiah said he blacked out and when he woke up he was surrounded by people who lived in the neighborhood. When Isaiah’s mother saw him next, she said she hardly recognized him. “His face was very, very bruised. He had blood all over his face and mouth. His eyes were really puffy,” Jessica Sanchez told KOAT. Rio Rancho police say they found the truck Monday morning but are still searching for the man. At this time police don’t know the name of the suspect but residents in the area where Isaiah first saw the man have provided investigators with surveillance of a man walking his dog around the time of the incident. Police are hoping to find the man seen in those photos to bring him in for questioning.Isaiah’s mom said he wants the man found. "I'm mad. I'm very angry. They need to find him so that we can put this to rest and Isaiah can rest knowing that this guy been caught and his not out there and is not going to do this to someone else,” she said.

Police say a 14-year-old was charging his phone in his dad’s car when a man viciously attacked him.

Isaiah Sanchez says he was at a pool party with his father when he went to the truck to charge his phone.

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He saw a man walking toward him, but said he ignored him.

Isaiah said the man had a dog and told him he was tired of walking.

"He put his dog in the back of the truck and he got in and he was, like, 'My house is just a two-three-minute drive. Can you drive me there?'" Isaiah said.

Isaiah said he was forced to drive the man to a Rio Rancho neighborhood where things took an ugly turn.

"He was, like, 'You better get out or your dad's going to have to attend a funeral,'" Isaiah said.

Isaiah said the man reached for his phone that was inside his pocket.

"I remember hitting his hand away from me and then the next second we're throwing blows in the truck,” he said.

Isaiah said he blacked out and when he woke up he was surrounded by people who lived in the neighborhood.

When Isaiah’s mother saw him next, she said she hardly recognized him.

“His face was very, very bruised. He had blood all over his face and mouth. His eyes were really puffy,” Jessica Sanchez told KOAT.

Rio Rancho police say they found the truck Monday morning but are still searching for the man.

At this time police don’t know the name of the suspect but residents in the area where Isaiah first saw the man have provided investigators with surveillance of a man walking his dog around the time of the incident.

Police are hoping to find the man seen in those photos to bring him in for questioning.

Isaiah’s mom said he wants the man found.

"I'm mad. I'm very angry. They need to find him so that we can put this to rest and Isaiah can rest knowing that this guy been caught and his not out there and is not going to do this to someone else,” she said.