Baltimore Man Sentenced to 29 Years for Carjacking
A Baltimore man has been sentenced to 29 years in prison for his role in a carjacking, conspiracy, and destruction of government property. Dontae Small, 44, of Baltimore, was sentenced on March 26 by United States District Judge James K. Bredar.
According to evidence presented at trial, on October 4, 2015, Small and his co-conspirators were riding in a white minivan in the Federal Hill neighborhood of Baltimore, looking for victims to rob. At approximately 10:09 p.m., Small texted a male co-conspirator the following message: “Get the dude cpming down da st.I parked on smoking a pipe” [sic].
Three masked co-conspirators assaulted Victim 1 on Grindall Street in the Federal Hill neighborhood of Baltimore. The carjackers pointed a silver handgun at the victim and robbed him of the keys to his car, a 2008 Acura TSX. The conspirators then stole the car. On that same night, two of the conspirators approached Victims 2 and 3 a block away on Riverside Avenue and brandished a silver handgun. The robbers obtained a phone that had fallen from Victim 3’s pocket before fleeing.
On October 7, 2015, Small drove the stolen Acura to Arundel Mills Mall in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. The Anne Arundel Police identified the car as stolen and set up surveillance. When Small returned to the vehicle and unlocked it using Victim 1’s keys, the police attempted to arrest him. Instead, Small took off over a curb in the parking lot, narrowly missing pedestrians and drove out of the Mall at a high rate of speed. The police followed and Small engaged him in a high-speed pursuit, eventually turning into Fort Meade and then crashing the car into a security gate protecting the National Security Agency. Small then fled and hid in a nearby sewer for approximately 12 hours as security personnel and police attempted to find him. The NSA was closed to non-essential personnel for a day while the search continued. When Small emerged from the sewer the next morning, the police were able to arrest him after a brief foot chase and struggle.
Small also committed bank fraud and identity theft while in jail, using a stolen correctional officer’s credit card to purchase items and for his wife’s cell phone. His wife, Kimberly Duckfield, previously pled guilty to aggravated identity theft and was released after serving a two-year federal sentence for the crime.
The Court ordered restitution to the victims, including over $15,000 to the United States Government for the damage caused by Small’s conduct. Small will serve 27 years in prison for conspiracy, carjacking, and destruction of government property, followed by a consecutive 2-year sentence for aggravated identity theft. The sentence was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Robert K. Hur and other law enforcement officials.
The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Baltimore Field Office; Commissioner Darryl DeSousa of the Baltimore Police Department; Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn J. Mosby; Anne Arundel County Police Chief Tim Altomare, the National Security Agency Police, and the Fort George G. Meade Police Services Division.
Key Facts
- State: Maryland
- Category: Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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