DC teen to serve less than 4 months in jail for carjacking

A Washington D C teen will serve less than four months in jail for a carjacking in the U S capital despite federal prosecutors urging a seven-year sentence Mark Edwards was sentenced Friday in Superior Court after pleading guilty to one count of carjacking for a May occurrence He and a -year-old accomplice stole a double-parked car after implying to the driver that they were armed U S Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro noted Edwards and the -year-old were later apprehended in Maryland following a police chase Judge Judith Pipe who was appointed by former President Joe Biden sentenced Edwards to months in prison suspended except for time served and one year of supervised probation The court imposed the punishment under the Youth Rehabilitation Act which allows sentences below mandatory minimums despite the executive s objection JEANINE PIRRO SAYS CURRENT DC JUSTICE SYSTEM 'ISN'T CUTTING IT' AS TRUMP TAKES FEDERAL CONTROLProsecutors had sought a full seven-year prison term followed by three years of supervised release Edwards had been in custody since Aug and served roughly days He will not have to serve the remainder of the suspended sentence if he successfully completes probation prosecutors commented Edwards took a plea deal after he was also charged with an attempted carjacking days earlier In that matter Edwards and another suspect approached a double-parked car demanded the driver s keys and stole his cellphone prosecutors declared The driver managed to get back into his car and escape the scene according to the Justice Department PASTOR SOUNDS ALARM ON 'GODLESS GENERATION' AFTER FIGHTING BACK AGAINST TEEN CARJACKERPirro and D C Police Chief Pamela Smith commended the Metropolitan Police Department MPD officers who investigated both incidents Teen carjackings have remained a concern in the nation s capital though overall numbers are falling There have been carjackings so far this year resulting in arrests according to MPD content More than half of those arrested around were juveniles Carjackings are down about year-to-date compared with the same period in according to the information