CHICAGO — A federal grand jury has indicted four teenagers
on carjacking or weapons offenses in connection with the theft of a vehicle at
gunpoint in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood.
JAMAR JARVIS, 18, RAYNELL LANFORD, 19, and JAMAAL ASHSAHEED,
19, all of Chicago, forcibly took a Lexus sport-utility vehicle from a victim
early in the morning of Oct. 18, 2018, according to an indictment returned
Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Chicago.
The fourth defendant, JAVION BUSH, 19, of Chicago, provided assistance
to the others after the carjacking, the indictment states.
All four defendants are currently in law enforcement
custody. Arraignments in federal court
in Chicago have not yet been scheduled.
The indictment was announced by John R. Lausch, Jr., United
States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois; Jeffrey S. Sallet,
Special Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago office of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation; and Eddie Johnson, Superintendent of the Chicago Police
Department. The Cook County State’s
Attorney’s Office provided valuable assistance.
The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Albert Berry III
and Shy Jackson, and Special Assistant U.S. Attorneys Yvette Loizon and Maureen
McCurry.
After taking the Lexus, Jarvis, Lanford and Ashsaheed drove
it to a gas station in the South Loop neighborhood of Chicago, where they
purchased gas and a gas can, the indictment states. CPD officers later arrested the trio, as well
as Bush.
The indictment charges Jarvis, Lanford and Ashsaheed with
conspiring to commit carjacking. The
three are also charged with using, carrying and brandishing a firearm during a
crime of violence. Bush is charged with
being an accessory after-the-fact to the carjacking.
In addition to the Oct. 18, 2018, carjacking, the indictment
charges Jarvis, Lanford and Ashsaheed with conspiring to commit an attempted
carjacking late the prior evening. In
the attempted carjacking, Lanford allegedly displayed a firearm while
unsuccessfully attempting to take an Acura sedan in Chicago’s Uptown
neighborhood.
Using, carrying and brandishing a firearm in connection with
a carjacking carries a maximum sentence of life in prison, while carjacking and
attempted carjacking are each punishable by up to 15 years, and the conspiracy
charge is punishable by up to five years.
The accessory after-the-fact charge is punishable by up to seven and a
half years.
The public is reminded that an indictment is not evidence of
guilt. The defendants are presumed
innocent and entitled to a fair trial at which the government has the burden of
proving guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
If convicted, the Court must impose reasonable sentences under federal
statutes and the advisory U.S. Sentencing Guidelines.
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