Sherman Artwell, Violent Carjacking, Pennsylvania 2018

A brazen carjacking at gunpoint in the middle of the afternoon in a busy neighborhood has resulted in a 10-year prison sentence for Sherman Artwell, 24, of Camden, NJ.

On May 2018, Artwell and a juvenile co-conspirator approached the victim and his friend while they were talking in the parking lot outside a Dunkin Donuts in Philadelphia. The two forcibly pulled the victim from the driver’s seat, threw him onto the ground, and pointed guns at him.

The co-conspirator jumped into the driver’s seat of the victim’s vehicle, and Artwell got into the passenger seat. The two fled to New Jersey, and Camden County Police officers apprehended the juvenile co-defendant after he crashed the vehicle.

The defendant was separately identified through video and forensic evidence and apprehended a short time later for his participation in the violent carjacking.

Artwell pleaded guilty to carjacking and using, carrying and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence in November 2021.

In addition to the 10-year prison sentence, Artwell also received 5 years of supervised release from United States District Court Judge Paul S. Diamond.

This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and make our neighborhoods safer for everyone.

The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Philadelphia Police Department, and the Camden County (NJ) Police Department, and is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Christopher Parisi and Special Assistant United States Attorney Martin Howley.

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