ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — A 28-year-old man has been arrested and charged in the carjackings of two women Monday, one in Seminole County and the other in Orange County.

  • 1st carjacking took place in Seminole County before 5 p.m.
  • 2nd carjacking occurred about an hour later in Orange County
  • Deputies say man told 2nd driver that he'd bumped her car

Brandon Dontae Washington is charged with carjacking, kidnapping, and grand theft in the Orange County investigation, the Orange County Sheriff's Office said. He's also charged with carjacking and false imprisonment in the Seminole County case, deputies there said.

Deputies responded to Oxford Road in Fern Park at about 5 p.m. Monday, where a woman told them that she was holding the keys to her car, a Honda Accord, when a man snatched them, pushed her, hopped in the car, and drove off.

Less than an hour later, the man, still driving the Honda Accord, flagged down a woman driving a 2011 Kia Soul near the intersection of Granada Drive and Roxbury Road and said he'd bumped her car, deputies said.

When the second woman got out got out of her car to survey the damage, the man forced her back into her car and hopped in. When he started to drive away, the woman got out, according to Orange Sheriff's Office investigators.

Washington was arrested by Sanford Police on Tuesday and taken to the John E. Polk Correctional Facility in Sanford.

Anyone with more information is urged to call 911 or Crimeline. 

Brandon Washington (Seminole County Sheriff's Office)
Brandon Washington (Seminole County Sheriff's Office)