Three District of Columbia Men Indicted on Federal Charges for Armed Robberies and Carjackings in D.C. and Maryland

            WASHINGTON – Three males, all from Washington, D.C., have been indicted on federal prices stemming from a collection of armed robberies and carjackings that befell in Maryland and the District of Columbia over a interval of lower than two months earlier this yr.

            Tyrell Jordan Stewart, 24, Joenathan Nelson, 25, and Azriel Echavarria, 20, have been indicted on prices of conspiracy to intrude with interstate commerce by theft, conspiracy to commit carjacking, and varied associated offenses. The indictment was unsealed at the moment within the U.S. District Courtroom for the District of Columbia Stewart was arrested at the moment and made his preliminary courtroom look this afternoon. Nelson and Echavarria beforehand have been in custody.

            The announcement was made by U.S. Lawyer Matthew M. Graves, Christopher Amon, Appearing Particular Agent in Cost of the Washington Subject Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), Robert J. Contee III, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Division (MPD), Malik Aziz, Chief of the Prince George’s County, Maryland, Police Division, and Marcus G. Jones, Chief of the Montgomery County, Maryland, Police Division.

            In accordance with the indictment, the defendants wore darkish clothes and sometimes wore masks or different clothes over their faces whereas committing the crimes. As alleged within the indictment, they used varied autos, together with stolen autos, to facilitate the robberies or flee from scenes. The crimes sometimes befell within the early morning, between 5 a.m. and seven:30 a.m. Along with shops, targets included folks accosted whereas of their automobiles, at work, or on the road.

            The indictment contains prices associated to crimes from Jan. 19 by March 4, 2022. They embrace three robberies at comfort shops, 14 robberies of people, an armed carjacking, and three automotive thefts. On Feb. 18, 2022, for instance, 4 armed robberies have been carried out inside 95 minutes in Northwest and Northeast Washington. On Feb. 20, 2022, two armed robberies befell inside 10 minutes at comfort shops in Rockville and Kensington, Maryland. On March 4, 2022, 4 armed robberies befell inside 35 minutes in Northeast and Northwest Washington.

            Stewart was indicted on a complete of 14 prices, together with conspiracy to intrude with interstate commerce by theft, conspiracy to commit carjacking, six counts of armed theft, one rely of theft, 5 counts of interstate transportation of a stolen motorized vehicle, and a firearms offense.

            Nelson was indicted on a complete of 21 prices, together with conspiracy to intrude with interstate commerce by theft, conspiracy to commit carjacking, 11 counts of armed theft, one rely of theft, six counts of interstate transportation of a stolen motorized vehicle, and a firearms offense.

            Echavarria was indicted on a complete of 5 prices, together with conspiracy to intrude with interstate commerce by theft, conspiracy to commit carjacking, two counts of armed theft, and a firearms offense

            Nelson has been detained pending different courtroom proceedings in Montgomery County. Echavarria is incarcerated after pleading responsible within the District of Columbia on April 28, 2022, to a cost of carrying a pistol with no license.

            An indictment is merely a proper cost {that a} defendant has dedicated a violation of prison regulation and isn’t proof of guilt. Each defendant is presumed harmless till, and until, confirmed responsible.

            The case is being investigated by the ATF’s Washington Subject Division, the Metropolitan Police Division, the Montgomery County, Maryland Police Division and the Prince George’s County, Maryland Police Division.

            The case is being prosecuted by Particular Assistant U.S. Lawyer Brian Lynch and Assistant U.S. Lawyer Matthew Kinskey, of the Violence Discount and Trafficking Offenses Part of the U.S. Lawyer’s Workplace for the District of Columbia.