PHILADELPHIA, PA — A Georgia man was sentenced Tuesday to 13½ years in federal prison for his role in two armed carjackings in Philadelphia and Upper Darby in 2024, concluding one of three related prosecutions stemming from the crimes.
Jalaal Claitt, 20, of Atlanta, received a sentence of 162 months in prison, five years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay $7,400 in restitution, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania stated. U.S. District Judge Juan R. Sánchez imposed the sentence.
Claitt pleaded guilty in February to two counts of carjacking and one count of carrying, using, and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence. Federal prosecutors had charged him in a superseding indictment filed in April 2025…