WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — A 20-year-old man was sentenced to 19 years in federal prison on Friday for a spree of violent armed carjackings and robberies, according to the United States Attorney’s Office (USAO) for the District of Columbia.
Javon Roach, 20, pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court in March to two counts of carjacking and two counts of brandishing a firearm in the furtherance of a crime of violence. Roach pleaded guilty in Fairfax County to possession of a machine gun and assault on a police officer.
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He is additionally ordered to serve five years of supervised release.
According to court documents, Roach confessed to six armed carjackings and five armed robberies from March 6 to March 28, 2023. In total, 17 victims were impacted by Roach’s crimes…