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Defendant Sentenced to 10 Years for Violent Armed Carjacking
PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for his role in a violent armed carjacking that left the victim pistol-whipped and in fear for his life.
Emmanuel Sia, 22, was sentenced to 120 months in prison, three years’ supervised release, and $42,909 in restitution by United States District Judge Paul S. Diamond for taking part in the violent armed carjacking.
The defendant was charged by indictment in August 2023 with one count of carjacking and one count of using, carrying, and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence. He pleaded guilty to both charges in May of this year.
According to court filings and the defendant’s admission, on July 11, 2023, Sia and two others carjacked a 26-year-old man who had just parked his car near his Northeast Philadelphia home. The carjackers, armed with semiautomatic pistols, pointed them directly at the victim at close range, pistol-whipped him, took his cell phone, and drove off in his Dodge Charger.
Philadelphia police officers soon located and followed the stolen vehicle. As Sia and his co-defendants were trying to flee police in the Charger, they collided with another vehicle and crashed into a pole on Castor Avenue, where the stolen car caught fire and was destroyed. Police quickly apprehended all three carjackers after the crash.
Sia’s co-defendants, Leevah Mills and Kysime Brown, also pleaded guilty to the charges against them. In September, Mills was sentenced to more than 11 years in prison, and earlier this month, Brown was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment.
This case was investigated by the Philadelphia Police Department and the FBI and prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Thomas M. Zaleski.
Key Facts
- State: Pennsylvania
- Category: Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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