8 Years for Uber Eats Heist: Daquan Skipper Sentenced for Carjacking

WASHINGTON – Daquan Skipper, 27, of Alexandria, Virginia, has been handed down an 8-year sentence for carjacking and robbing an Uber Eats delivery driver in July 2023.

Skipper pleaded guilty to both charges on January 31, 2024, and was sentenced by Superior Court Judge Jason Park on April 12, 2024, who also ordered three years of supervised release.

According to the government’s evidence, on July 29, 2023, outside of a Pizza Hut located at 1501 Maryland Avenue NE, Skipper and two others approached the delivery driver who had just picked up an order. The victim was putting his cell phone into a holder on the handlebars when the defendant and his accomplices ran up to and surrounded him.

Skipper threatened the victim by telling him he had a gun while gesturing to his waistband as if he did have a gun. The victim believed that Skipper was armed. Skipper grabbed the victim’s phone and the keys to the scooter. He tried to start the scooter several times, but when he failed, he and one of his accomplices dragged the scooter toward the Bladensburg Road NE intersection.

The victim followed Skipper until he saw and flagged down MPD police officers. Skipper dropped the scooter and ran when an MPD police officer tried to arrest him. Police eventually apprehended him and recovered the victim’s phone.

This case was investigated by the Metropolitan Police Department and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Jessica Ans and Rashmika Nedungadi.

Daquan Skipper’s 8-year sentence sends a clear message that carjacking and robbing innocent delivery drivers will not be tolerated in our city. We hope this conviction brings some justice to the victim and serves as a deterrent to others who would engage in similar crimes.