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HONOLULU (KHNL/Gray News) – A family in Hawaii says a routine trip to the airport to pick up a family member turned into a nightmare and frightening situation.
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Lawrence Ching went to Terminal 1 on Wednesday evening to pick up his wife at the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport, something he does regularly.
However, Ching said he had picked up his wife’s luggage that night and was taking it to their car when the unthinkable happened.
According to law enforcement, a man, later identified as Garrett Spencer, 25, jumped into the family’s vehicle in which their young teenage daughter was waiting and took off.
Ching said they weren’t that far from the vehicle when it happened, just a couple of feet away when he saw the alleged thief.
“I heard the [car] door open, which was a little bit odd because I shut my driver’s door,” Ching recalled. “I turned real quick, and I saw someone just jump into my car. I dropped what I was doing and ran as quickly as possible to stop it.”
Authorities said Spencer was attempting to make a getaway through the congested terminal area with Ching in pursuit.
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“I was just worried about my daughter, and I was fearing for her life,” Rose Ching, Lawrence Ching’s wife, said. “I didn’t know what was going to happen to her, and I was just worried about her safety.”
Investigators said, luckily, Spencer ended up releasing the girl, unhurt, a short distance away. He was also stopped at the main gate to Hickam Field by Department of Defense police and Air Force security forces.
Spencer was detained by military authorities and then arrested by state sheriff’s deputies.
The 25-year-old’s charges include first-degree theft, first-degree unauthorized control of a propelled vehicle and kidnapping. He was also cited for criminal trespass by officers at the Hickam gate.
Lawrence and Rose Ching said that what happened has taught them a lesson that they wanted to share with others.
“Whether you’re just filling up gas, checking something in your trunk or anything, turn off your car, put the keys in your pocket and lock it,” Lawrence Ching said.
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