ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A woman was violently carjacked while sitting in her KIA in Rochester on Tuesday morning, according to police.

Court documents reveal that around 9:30 a.m., Isiah Weathers approached the woman and threatened to hurt her if she didn’t get out of the car and leave it with him. Police say the victim fought back, and Weathers punched her face repeatedly.

She told police when she started feeling like she was losing consciousness, she got out of the KIA and Weathers drove it away.

Rochester police spotted the vehicle and started chasing it. During the pursuit, a state trooper attempted to deploy spike strips to stop the vehicle.

“It was a fairly short pursuit, but during which time the state police, one of our great partners, attempted, trooper attempted to put out spike strips. One of the ways we helped put an end to these chases in the vehicle, ended up leaving the roadway and driving at the trooper, causing a trooper to jump out of the way and avoid being struck by the vehicle,” said Captain Greg Bello with the Rochester Police Department.

According to the court paperwork, “Weathers put the trooper’s life in danger – and quote were intentional to prevent her from exiting her patrol car and deploying spike strips.”

The vehicle was damaged, and officers found Weathers in a backyard in Charlotte and arrested him. He is facing several charges, the most serious being 2nd degree felony robbery and 2nd degree felony assault.

Police say Weathers had just been put on parole ten days earlier after serving 11 years on first degree robbery and other car-jacking related crimes. He is being held in the Monroe County Jail.

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