WICHITA, KAN. – A Wichita man was sentenced today to 70
months in federal prison on a federal carjacking conviction, U.S. Attorney
Stephen McAllister said.
Zachary Ausdemore, 30, Wichita, Kan., pleaded guilty to one
count of carjacking. In his plea, he admitted that on Sept. 10, 2019, he
confronted an elderly couple and threatened to kill them unless they gave him
the keys to their car.
The incident began earlier that day when Wichita police
responded to a report of a stolen Jeep. Ausdemore was a passenger in the stolen
jeep with two other people. When police tried to stop the Jeep, the driver
accelerated toward an officer. An officer fired at the car, wounding Ausdemore
and the driver. When the car stopped, Ausdemore fled on foot. He ran to the
house of the elderly couple, who were outside watching the chase, and took the
keys to their Honda CRV. Police pursued Ausdemore until he ran the car into a
muddy ditch.
McAllister commended the FBI, the Wichita Police Department
and Assistant U.S. Attorney Mona Furst for their work on the case.
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