A Tullytown man is accused of threatening two people with a syringe in attempts to steal their vehicles on two separate occasions in the Bristol, according to police.

On Wednesday, the Bucks County District Attorney's Office said Kevin O'Connell, 40, stole a vehicle from a woman on Friday in Bristol Borough. He is also accused of doing the same thing to a woman in Bristol Township in March.

O'Connell, who has not been arraigned on the charges as of Wednesday, faces felony charges of robbery, aggravated assault, theft and receiving stolen property, as well as misdemeanor offenses of simple assault, recklessly endangering another person and making terroristic threats.

The most recent incident happened in the 200 block of Commerce Circle in Bristol Borough about 10 a.m. Friday. O'Connell approached an elderly woman walking to her car and asked for a dollar to purchase a drink, according to court documents.

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When she refused, O'Connell got into her vehicle, told her he had AIDS and was going to give her a "shot," but the victim still refused to give him money, police said. He then grabbed her car keys, and the victim started pressing on the horn of her car, prompting O'Connell to tell her he would put the keys on the ground, charging documents state.

When she went to get the car keys from the ground, O'Connell grabbed them and took off in her 2007 Toyota Camry, according to police. She was knocked to the ground and injured when the car drove off, officials said. She suffered lacerations to her right leg and right arm.

The vehicle was found in Philadelphia on Saturday, and police took O'Connell, who was in the vehicle, into custody, the DA's office said.

The investigation into the Friday carjacking linked O'Connell to a March carjacking in Bristol Township, according to police. He stole a vehicle from a woman from the parking lot of McDonald's in the 7700 block of Bristol Pike about 9:20 a.m. March 16, court documents allege.

O'Connell entered the passenger side of a 2019 Chevrolet Trax while the victim sat in the driver's seat, according to authorities. The car unlocks its doors once it goes into park. O'Connell told her that he was a heroin addict and that he had a needle, then demanded she get out of the vehicle, police said.

The victim got out of the car, but because of the keyless vehicle start, O'Connell was able to drive off in the vehicle without the keys, according to his criminal complaint. The vehicle was later found in Philadelphia, and O'Connell was taken into custody on a warrant, police said.

Court records state he was taken into custody on receiving stolen property and unauthorized use of motor vehicle offenses out of Philadelphia, and was released on his own recognizance.

The DA's office said O'Connell's DNA was found in the vehicle stolen out of Bristol Township.

O'Connell was taken arrested in Philadelphia Saturday and was jailed in a corrections facility there on 10% of $100,000 bail.

“This man’s arrest for two violent carjackings are as a result of great police work by Bristol Borough PD, and including cooperation from Philadelphia PD, in combination with modern DNA technology,” DA Matt Weintraub said in the release. “Carjacking is still comparatively rare in Bucks County, and that’s as a consequence of joint law enforcement efforts like these. We will now focus our prosecution on deterring this man, and others from committing these violent acts in the future.”

O'Connell did not have an attorney listed for him in court records Wednesday.

This article originally appeared on Bucks County Courier Times: Tullytown man used syringe in Bristol carjackings, DA says

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