Two arrested in string of armed car thefts, attempted carjackings

Two men are facing felony charges in a string of car thefts, break-ins, and attempted carjackings across multiple local towns.

Geraldo Colon, 18, of Framingham was arrested last week and arraigned on multiple felony charges. Guillermo Diaz, Jr., 20, of Milford, faced a judge in Waltham on several felony counts Thursday.

Among the crimes they are accused of committing is an armed attempted car theft on Nov. 19, in Medway.

Seth Sole-Robertson, the owner of the Dodge Challenger Hellcat, awoke suddenly, along with his wife, Liz Thorsen, when they heard the distinct sound of the engine early that Friday morning.

“All of a sudden, he jumps out of a dead sleep, and he’s like, ‘That’s my car!’” Thorsen said.

Sole-Robertson ran down the stairs and outside onto his driveway, confronting one man attempting to steal the car and the other armed man at the getaway car.

“I pursued him down, and as I got to the end of the driveway, the driver of the vehicle pulled a gun on me, racked the slide, and I froze,” Sole-Robertson said. “And just dead-stop in my driveway, he said, ‘Give me your car. I’m going to shoot you.’”

Sole-Robertson said he stood in the driveway frozen before the men took off in the getaway car laughing as they fled toward Millis.

A few days later, police say the suspects crashed a stolen car in Sherborn before attempting to carjack three witnesses at gunpoint. They finally ran from the scene.

In the coming weeks, police in Bellingham, Milford, Framingham, Hopkinton, and Holliston, along with Sherborn, Medway, and State Police investigated a string of related crimes, finally resulting in the arrests of Colon and Diaz. Both are being held in jail pending dangerousness hearings.

For Sole-Robertson and Thorsen, who had felt safe enough to leave the keys in their car and their house unlocked, that comfort is gone now. They’re not only locking up but also installing extra safety measures around their property.

“It’s totally changed the way that we’re living now,” Thorsen said. “I’m really scared for our family and the kids.”

Although police advise victims never to intervene in such dangerous crimes, Sole-Robertson doesn’t regret protecting his property and his family.

“I would go after them again, 100 percent,” he said. “I am angry. I feel violated. I’m really upset that somebody would do that. They took away my sense of security here.”

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