Social Media Trap Ends In 11-Year Prison Sentence For Polk County Carjacker

POLK COUNTY, Fla. – A Davenport man is heading to federal prison for nearly a dozen years after a social media meetup turned into a violent armed robbery. U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle sentenced 24-year-old Armoni Tyree Moody to 11 years and 9 months behind bars for carjacking and weapons charges.

The sentencing follows a trial last October, where a federal jury found Moody guilty of the crimes.

According to court records, the incident began with a plan to meet up. Moody had arranged to meet the victim through social media under the pretense of buying marijuana. When the two met, Moody got into the passenger seat of the victim’s car…

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