Bizarre moment Aussie accused of drunken car-jacking rampage in Bali is interrogated by cops in his undies at luxury villa
The man, identified by local police only as WRJ, allegedly stole the Toyota Avanza outside a hotel in Seminyak about 1.30am on Sunday.
The Australian is alleged to have stolen the vehicle from a security guard who parked it outside hotel Eden the Residence at the Sea.
Chief of the North Kuta Police, Pasek Sudina, revealed fresh details of the Australian's alleged joyride, before the car was found torched later in the morning.
The Australian, allegedly intoxicated, had been acting aggressively in the lead-up to the alleged carjacking, he claimed.
WRJ allegedly choked another security guard nearby, before the Avanza's owner fled his car, leaving the keys in the ignition.
The Australian then entered the car and drove away, before the owner and a security guard gave chase on a motorcycle.
During the chase, they claimed the Avanza struck a foreign pedestrian and made off down an alley.
The guards returned to the Eden villa complex and attempted to track the car using a phone believed to have been left inside it.
They were led to a road 8km east of the hotel but neither the Australian nor the car was found.
Firefighters later discovered it nearby, burning beside a building.
Police visited Eden the Residence and arrested RJW at a villa inside the complex.
'A public safety disturbance occurred involving a foreign national... who was allegedly intoxicated and acted aggressively, including hijacking a security guard's vehicle while the victim was resting inside,' Police Chief Sudina said.
'During the escape, the suspect hit another foreign national and attempted to flee through a narrow alley. He was eventually apprehended... and taken to the station for legal processing.'
He said the victim lost about $14,000 in the alleged theft.
'The North Kuta Police Criminal Unit has detained the foreign suspect for intensive interrogation related to suspected assault, destruction of property, and theft,' he said.
Police are now working with immigrations officials to ascertain the Australian's visa status and consider their next move.
'The North Kuta Criminal Unit will transfer the case, including the suspect and the evidence, to Badung District Police for further investigation and prosecution,' Police Chief Sudina said.
Footage from the scene showed the Avanza engulfed in flames tucked against the side of a building as flames burned an overhead awning.
Firefighters from two trucks turned their hoses on the SUV and the building beside it.
The car was completely destroyed in the fire, with the interior burnt away and the windows outwardly shattered in the blaze. The home suffered minor damage.
The Australian was arrested and taken to North Kuta Police Station.
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
The Guardian
3 hours ago
- The Guardian
US man stabbed bakery owners over sandwich bought years ago, police say
A knife-wielding man recently slashed and stabbed two bakery owners because they gave him the wrong sandwich four years earlier, authorities in New Jersey said. Brothers Abed and Mohammed Assad were attacked at their store in Paterson on 31 July after the disgruntled customer complained that the sandwich they served him made him ill, according to Moneer Simrin, a friend of the victims. Simrin told WABC TV that the assailant launched into a tirade at Mohammed Assad over being given an eggplant sandwich instead of the egg sandwich he ordered four years ago. 'He told him, 'You give me eggplant in my sandwich and then my stomach was bothering me' and stuff like that,' he said. 'They told him: 'OK, we'll give you the money, we'll give you credit, whatever you want,' but he start[ed] cursing. They try to tell him, 'OK, just get out, please, get out from the store,' and he pulled a knife.' The man then allegedly stabbed Mohammed in the chest, and slashed Abed on his arm when he stepped in to help his brother. The victims were taken to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Witnesses heard screaming from inside the bakery and saw one of the victims outside clutching his bloody arm, according to the local news outlet 'What happened surprised everyone because they are very nice people,' the witness, a worker in an adjacent building, told the outlet. The bakery was closed over the weekend, with calls seeking comment going unanswered. Rob Rowan, public information officer for the Paterson police department, confirmed details of Thursday morning's attack in a statement, adding that the knifeman had not been identified and was still at large. 'Officers responded to Baladna Bakery on reports of a stabbing,' he said. 'They saw both victims being treated for lacerations made by a sharp instrument. The victim stated an altercation began between a customer and the victims with the customer unhappy about a purchase at the store.' Rowan said the department's major crimes unit was investigating. Incidents of extreme violence in disputes over the serving of food have become increasingly common in the US in recent years. In 2019, a man was stabbed to death at a Maryland Popeyes restaurant in a fight over line cutting among customers eager to try the company's new chicken sandwich. In May, a Checkers employee in Kissimmee, Florida, was accused of shooting and killing a customer who complained that sachets of mayonnaise were missing from his order.
The Guardian
4 hours ago
- The Guardian
US man stabbed bakery owners over sandwich bought years ago, police say
A knife-wielding man recently slashed and stabbed two bakery owners because they gave him the wrong sandwich four years earlier, authorities in New Jersey said. Brothers Abed and Mohammed Assad were attacked at their store in Paterson on 31 July after the disgruntled customer complained that the sandwich they served him made him ill, according to Moneer Simrin, a friend of the victims. Simrin told WABC TV that the assailant launched into a tirade at Mohammed Assad over being given an eggplant sandwich instead of the egg sandwich he ordered four years ago. 'He told him, 'You give me eggplant in my sandwich and then my stomach was bothering me' and stuff like that,' he said. 'They told him, 'OK, we'll give you the money, we'll give you credit, whatever you want,' but he start[ed] cursing. They try to tell him, 'OK, just get out, please, get out from the store,' and he pulled a knife.' The man then allegedly stabbed Mohammed in the chest, and slashed Abed on his arm when he stepped in to help his brother. The victims were taken to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Witnesses heard screaming from inside the bakery and saw one of the victims outside clutching his bloody arm, according to the local news outlet 'What happened surprised everyone because they are very nice people,' the witness, a worker in an adjacent building, told the outlet. The bakery was closed over the weekend, with calls seeking comment going unanswered. Rob Rowan, public information officer for the Paterson police department, confirmed details of Thursday morning's attack in a statement, adding that the knifeman had not been identified and was still at large. 'Officers responded to Baladna Bakery on reports of a stabbing,' he said. 'They saw both victims being treated for lacerations made by a sharp instrument. The victim stated an altercation began between a customer and the victims with the customer unhappy about a purchase at the store.' Rowan said the department's major crimes unit was investigating. Incidents of extreme violence in disputes over the serving of food have become increasingly common in the US in recent years. In 2019, a man was stabbed to death at a Maryland Popeyes restaurant in a fight over line cutting among customers eager to try the company's new chicken sandwich. In May, a Checkers employee in Kissimmee, Florida, was accused of shooting and killing a customer who complained that sachets of mayonnaise were missing from his order.
Daily Mail
5 hours ago
- Daily Mail
Black couple plunged into violent racist nightmare after car accident on rural country road
A black married couple was allegedly threatened and chased by racist assailants down a rural Virginia road - resulting in a traumatizing car wreck. Amylah Majors, 23, and Jamaria Gaskins, 24, said they were viciously attacked and terrorized with a firearm on the evening of July 20 while traveling through Spotsylvania County. The wives were headed to Gaskins's mother's house when they pulled over to check out their car after running over debris and hearing a loud noise. A man spotted them and immediately came out of his home. He flashed them a 'thumbs up,' so the women thought he was going to help them with their car troubles. But instead of the assistance they were expecting, Majors and Gaksins were allegedly bombarded with racial slurs and violence. 'We were chased, threatened with firearms, and called racial slurs by three white individuals who acted as if they were part of a white supremacist group,' Majors wrote in a GoFundMe post. 'Two of them physically attacked my wife while brandishing a gun and shouting threats.' They were allegedly targeted by Mark Goodman, 59, and Elizabeth Wolfrey, 32, who both face charges regarding the horrifying attack. The third man has not been named because he was not charged, Spotsylvania Sheriff's Office Maj. Delbert Myrick told the Fredricksburg Free Press. Pictures from the ordeal showed Wolfrey sinisterly grinning as she waved a gun in the air. Goodman was captured pulling down his pants and showing his backside to Majors and Gaskins. Majors wrote the racist trio called her and her wife the 'n-word' and told them they 'didn't belong there.' As the culprits taunted and berated the couple, Gaskins was on the phone with the police. The situation escalated when Majors and Gaskins tried to flee the scene for safety. When they went to drive away, the tormenters allegedly started trailing them. 'One of them rode up beside us on a 4-wheeler and aimed a gun directly at my head through the driver's window,' Majors wrote. 'In that moment, we truly believed we weren't going to make it out alive.' In the midst of all the chaos, the women were 'chased into a crash' after Wolfrey allegedly flashed her gun at them again. Majors was ejected from their car. A shocking picture of the crashed vehicle showed the car completely totaled with its airbags deployed. Majors sustained severe injuries. According to her chilling retelling of the incident, she woke up in the hospital with a fractured spine and head injuries, as well as a broken clavicle and rib. She shared a photo of herself with bruising all over her face and swelling around her eye sockets from the impact of the crash. While Gaskins's injuries were less severe, both women are still suffering from concussions, according to the Fredricksburg Free Press. 'And yet - we're not paralyzed. We're not dead. That's nothing but God,' Majors wrote on the fundraiser page, which has already raised more than $1,735. 'This was not just an accident - this was an attempted act of violence meant to harm and silence us. 'This was hate. Targeted. Deliberate. And deadly. I'm not sharing this for sympathy - I'm sharing it because silence protects the people who did this.' Myrick told the outlet Wolfrey is charged with one count of pointing and brandishing a firearm and Goodman is charged with indecent exposure. There is an ongoing investigation to determine if more charges, such as hate crime, are going to be filed. 'The big thing we're trying to express is we understand the community's outrage, or concerns or anxiety over this incident and similar incidents that have arisen in the community,' Myrick said. 'We don't want racism. We don't want hate in our community. We want a happy community where everybody gets along.' Investigators reviewed footage that appears to be connected to the ordeal, according to a social media statement from the sheriff's office. This video allegedly captured the suspects using 'racially insensitive language and behavior' towards the victims. Sheriff Roger L. Harris said: 'On July 20, 2025, deputies from the Spotsylvania County Sheriff's Office responded to a reported dispute involving a firearm in the 4300 block of Partlow Road. 'During the course of the incident, a related motor vehicle crash also occurred. 'Deputies conducted a preliminary investigation at the scene, which resulted in two individuals being charged with Brandishing a Firearm and Indecent Exposure. 'The case remains active and is currently under investigation by the Criminal Investigations Division. Moe Petway, president of the Spotsylvania NAACP, said the organization is monitoring the investigation and is pushing for the couple to get the justice they deserve.' Wolfrey and Goodman are set for arraignment on September 20.
