Eder Mayorga-Sanchez, Multiple Carjackings, Kentucky 2021

Louisville, KY – In a shocking turn of events, a federal grand jury in Louisville has returned a superseding indictment charging a local man with multiple carjackings and firearms charges.

According to court documents, Eder Mayorga-Sanchez, 19, carjacked a vehicle on October 26, 2021, and during the carjacking, shot and caused serious bodily injury to a minor, C.A. On October 30, 2021, and November 4, 2021, he committed three additional carjackings while brandishing a firearm.

Mayorga-Sanchez is also charged with robbing The Home Depot on Preston Highway and a Valero convenience store on Terry Road on November 8, 2021, while brandishing a firearm. He is also facing assault charges in Warren County, Kentucky, Circuit Court for a shooting that occurred during the same time period.

The superseding indictment includes three additional carjacking counts and three additional counts of brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence. Mayorga-Sanchez was previously indicted on one count of carjacking resulting in serious bodily injury, two counts of interference with commerce by robbery, one count of discharge of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, and two counts of brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence.

If convicted of carjacking resulting in serious bodily injury, Mayorga-Sanchez faces a maximum penalty of 25 years in prison. If convicted of carjacking, he faces a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison. If convicted of interference with commerce by robbery, he faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison. If convicted of discharge of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, he faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, to run consecutively with all other penalties.

Mayorga-Sanchez will be arraigned in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky on May 19, 2022. The charges were the result of a joint federal and local initiative to investigate and prosecute carjackings in Louisville, involving the United States Attorney’s Office, the Jefferson County Office of the Commonwealth’s Attorney, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Louisville Metropolitan Police Department, and Homeland Security Investigations.

The Bowling Green Police Department also assisted in this matter. Assistant U.S. Attorney Ann Marie Blaylock is prosecuting the case. An indictment is merely an allegation, and all defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdky/pr/federal-grand-jury-indicts-louisville-man-additional-carjacking-charges