A carjacking incident that began early Tuesday morning in Luzerne County, ended in Carbon County with the arrest of four individuals.

State police at Hazleton said the incident began along Interstate 81 in Rice Township, and ended with the arrest of the four following an intensive search in the woods of Packer Township, Carbon County. The incident also caused the shutdown of SR93 between Stockton Mountain Road, in Hazle Township, Luzerne County, and SR209 in Nesquehoning.Troopers identified the suspects as Leonard Montalvo-Rivera, 29, of 404 S. Poplar St.; Jean Carlos Ventura-Betancourt, 23, last known address on Peace Street; and Wilson E. Peguero-Mateo, 18, of 110 E. Tamarack St., all in Hazleton; and Joel Alberto Colon, 16, of 435 Winters Ave., West Hazleton.Each was charged with felony counts of criminal conspiracy-theft of a motor vehicle, robbery, robbery of a motor vehicle, theft, and a misdemeanor count of simple assault. Colon is being charged as an adult.According to the affidavit of probable cause the incident began about 1:44 a.m. when Maryann Natalie Millner, 23, of Mountain Top, stopped along the berm of I-81. A vehicle then pulled off in front of her 2012 Dodge Journey, and four men got out of it and walked to the driver's side window.She told troopers the men began talking to her, at which point she started to use her cellphone, when one of the men grabbed it from her and another pointed a pistol at her head.She told troopers she pleaded with the men to take what they wanted but not to hurt her because she had a child at home.The men ordered her to get into the back seat of her vehicle while two of the men got into the front and drove off with the other two following in the other vehicle.Millner said they drove only a short distance before they pulled over and ordered her out of the vehicle. She watched them leave and ran into nearby woods. She eventually made her way to a local residence. The resident called troopers.A description of the Dodge was broadcast to area police departments. About 3:10 a.m. Weatherly police spotted the Dodge Journey along SR93 in Packer Township, stopped with another vehicle. When the officer approached the four men inside the vehicles, they all ran into nearby woods.That began a search that lasted to about 8:30 a.m. when the four men were in custody. One man was taken into custody about 7 a.m. and then the other three.A state police helicopter along with numerous state troopers and local police were involved in the search for the four suspects.According to the affidavit Ventura-Betancourt said he and the others took Millner's vehicle at gunpoint and went to Packer Township to strip it of the tires, radio and other items. Troopers said the other three admitted their part in the incident during interviews.All four were arraigned before District Judge Joseph Zola, of Hazleton, and all were committed to the county prison in Wilkes-Barre, failing to post $100,000 straight cash bail set for each of them.