CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — A Mexican national was handed a 10-year prison sentence Tuesday for his armed carjacking conviction out of Monroe.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for Western North Carolina reported that 43-year-old Solamon Flores-Garcia, of Mexico, was sentenced to 10 years in prison in a federal Charlotte courtroom. He was convicted of carjacking and possession and brandishing of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence.
According to court documents and court proceedings, in October 2023, Flores-Garcia was living in Monroe when he went to a neighbor’s home. When the neighbor answered the door, Flores-Garcia pointed a red handgun at her, demanding her wallet and car keys. Flores-Garcia then reportedly drove the victim’s car to the La Chiquita store on Morgan Mill Road, where he robbed that establishment…