Tuesday, November 19, 2024

Defendant Victimized an Off-Duty Federal Agent and a Rideshare Driver

            WASHINGTON – Devonta Lynch, 18, of Washington, D.C., pleaded guilty yesterday in Superior Court to armed carjacking in relation to a November 29, 2023 offense, robbery in relation to a November 12, 2023 offense, and carrying a pistol without a license on November 12, 2023, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves and Chief Pamela A. Smith, of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).

            Superior Court Judge Jennifer Di Toro scheduled sentencing for December 5, 2025.

            According to the Government’s evidence, Lynch and an accomplice carjacked an off-duty federal agent at gunpoint on November 29, 2023, in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Northeast, D.C. The perpetrators knocked the victim to the ground next to their vehicle, pointed a firearm at them, demanded their keys, and then drove off in their vehicle.

            Additionally, about two weeks earlier, the defendant and two accomplices robbed a rideshare driver at gunpoint in the Benning Ridge neighborhood of Southeast, D.C. The perpetrators struck the victim in the head, pointed two firearms at him, demanded his phone, wallet, and keys, took the victims’ wallet out of his pocket, and then drove off in the victim’s vehicle.

            This case was investigated by the MPD Carjacking Task Force and the FBI Washington Field Office's Violent Crimes Task Force.  It was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Daniel Bromwich and Anthony Cocuzza.