Eder Mayorga-Sanchez, Carjacking, Kentucky 2021

State: Kentucky
Category: Violent Crime
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. – A string of carjackings that left a trail of terror and violence in their wake has finally come to an end, as a Louisville man was sentenced to 32 years and 1 month in federal prison for his role in the crimes.

Eder Mayorga-Sanchez, 20, was handed down the sentence in federal court for his involvement in four carjackings and two counts of brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence. The crimes occurred in Louisville in October and November 2021.

According to court documents, Mayorga-Sanchez’s crimes began on October 26, 2021, when he forced a victim to give him her vehicle at gunpoint while she was sitting in the vehicle at a traffic light on National Turnpike in Louisville. During this incident, Mayorga-Sanchez shot and injured the victim’s 16-year-old child.

Over the next week, Mayorga-Sanchez went on to commit three more carjackings, including one in which he forced a woman to give him her vehicle at gunpoint while she was eating her lunch in a Burger King parking lot in Louisville.

The case was investigated by the FBI and the Louisville Metro Police Department, with assistance from the Bowling Green Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Frank Dahl prosecuted the case.

The sentence was announced by U.S. Attorney Michael A. Bennett of the Western District of Kentucky, Special Agent in Charge Jodi Cohen of the FBI Louisville Field Office, and Chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel of the Louisville Metro Police Department.

This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program aimed at reducing violent crime and gun violence in communities across the country. The program brings together law enforcement agencies and community organizations to support initiatives that prevent violence and promote public safety.

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