MINNEAPOLIS — Federal prosecutors say a Minneapolis man has been sentenced for putting “several lives at risk” during an armed carjacking spree last March.
On Thursday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Minnesota announced that Javon Thomas Wilson-Branch, 19, has been sentenced to 121 months in federal prison, which is just over 10 years. He’s also ordered to serve three years of supervised release and pay $1,100 in restitution.
Wilson-Branch is accused of carjacking three vehicles along with an accomplice in less than 24 hours. The first carjacking incident occurred at 8 p.m. on March 16 in Minneapolis. Branch allegedly threatened two victims with a Springfield Armory assault rifle and stole their Mercedes Benz SUV.
At about 4 a.m. the next morning, Wilson-Branch and the accomplice pulled up next to a driver in a Toyota Highlander in Minneapolis and stole the vehicle from the victim at gunpoint. Officials say an AirTag in the stolen vehicle showed that it was driven to St. Paul and abandoned at around 4:30 a.m.