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Organized Retail Theft Crew Rams Multiple Police & Parked Citizen Cars Trying to Get Away
AMERICAN CANYON, Calif., March 9, 2023 - On Wednesday, March 8, 2023, at 3:34 PM, American Canyon Police received a report of a theft that just occurred at Walmart involving three suspects getting into a white Kia Forte with stolen merchandise. American Canyon Police Officers and a Napa Sheriff’s Deputy arrived in the parking lot, saw the Kia, and learned it was reported stolen from Daly City. Officers attempted to make a traffic stop on the Kia as it was trying to leave the parking lot.
Instead of stopping, the driver proceeded to intentionally drive into and ram an American Canyon Police car, Napa Sheriff’s car and three other parked citizens' cars trying to evade arrest. One of the parked citizen's cars was occupied. The Kia got stuck on a curb when ramming cars, yet the driver still tried to go in forward and reverse, hitting cars around it to try to get away. The occupants were given multiple commands by police to turn off the car, stop and come out with their hands up. All three occupants continued to ignore commands by police, and they refused to come out of the car. Officers deployed less lethal bean bag rounds at the vehicle’s windows.
The male front passenger, identified as 27-year-old William Duckworth and on parole from San Francisco, then came out and began taking off from officers on foot. American Canyon Police Canine Brick was sent to detain Duckworth to stop him. Duckworth was bit by the canine and placed under arrest. The female driver, 19-year-old Pakia Hawkins, was arrested by officers, and she got out of the car. A 17-year-old juvenile suspect ran out of the back seat, fleeing back into Walmart but was arrested by officers as she was running away. Stolen merchandise was recovered from the Kia related to thefts at Walmart and other stores. Hawkins and Duckworth were booked into the Napa County Department of Corrections for multiple felony charges, including assault with a deadly weapon against officers and a citizen, violation of parole, grand theft, conspiracy and organized retail theft. The juvenile was booked into Napa Juvenile Hall for charges related to this incident and a warrant for her violation of probation. No citizens or officers were injured during the incident.
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