Feds charged 8 suspected carjackers tied to violent crime wave across Philadelphia

The round-up is credited to the efforts of a joint carjacking process pressure.

Two brazen carjackings on February 10 and 11 of this yr in Northeast Philadelphia at the moment are linked to 20-year-old Cameron Types. He was indicted by the U.S. Lawyer’s workplace for 2 carjackings and weapons offenses.

Christopher Robinson, 20, of Philadelphia, was charged in reference to three armed carjackings on December 9, 2021, January 5, 2022, and January 11, 2022, all in West Philadelphia.

Tarik Chambers, 19, and Nikeem LeachHilton, 21, each of Philadelphia have been charged in connection a carjacking on December 19, 2021, in Delaware County.

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Dayon Hackett, 19, of Philadelphia, was charged in reference to an armed carjacking that occurred within the Bridesburg part of Northeast Philadelphia and a second armed carjacking and capturing in South Philadelphia, each of which occurred on December 22, 2021.

Sean Allen, 23, of Camden, NJ was charged in reference to two armed carjackings on January 4, 2022, and January 6, 2022, in Northeast Philadelphia. The carjacking incidents occurred after victims posted their automobiles on the market on Fb Market and have been contacted by an account claiming to have an curiosity in buying the automobiles.

And again in February, Alex Fernandez-Pena and Juan Jose Rodriguez have been charged in reference to a carjacking incident of a rideshare car earlier within the Parkside part of Philadelphia.

Jacqueline Maguire, Particular Agent in Cost of the FBI’s Philadelphia Division, has a warning to others who’re searching for to commit these violent acts.

“The rash of carjackings we have seen in and round Philadelphia is unacceptable,” stated Maguire. “That is why this process pressure is united in our efforts to seek out these accountable and get them off the road. The potential penalties for federal carjacking fees are extreme, so if individuals wish to hold committing these crimes, they need to know that the carjacking process pressure will make it a precedence to place them in cuffs and behind bars for very long time.”

If convicted, every defendant faces a most attainable sentence of life in jail, in addition to a compulsory minimal sentence of seven years in jail.

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