PHILADELPHIA, PA — Five Philadelphia men were convicted at trial Thursday of conspiring to carry out armed carjackings across the region and sell the stolen vehicles for export overseas, U.S. Attorney David Metcalf announced.
Prosecutors said the defendants were part of a group responsible for dozens of carjackings between October 2021 and October 2022 in Philadelphia and surrounding suburbs, including Yeadon, Millbourne, Lower Southampton, and King of Prussia.
Mikal McCracken, 24, Amin Muse, 24, and Aleem Abdul-Hakim, 23, were convicted on charges related to a February 2022 carjacking that resulted in the death of a former Marine…