Jermaine Lee Moss, Armed Carjacking, North Carolina 2020

State: North Carolina
Category: Violent Crime
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A Charlotte man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for an armed carjacking that left a victim shaken, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of North Carolina.

Jermaine Lee Moss, 21, was sentenced to 7 years in prison to be followed by 5 years of supervised release for possession and brandishing of a firearm during a carjacking, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.

On September 18, 2020, at approximately 8:00 a.m., Moss carjacked a victim at gunpoint. The victim initially contacted the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) to report that two males were stealing packages from his neighbor’s porch. While CMPD officers were en route to investigate the incident, they were advised by dispatchers that the service call had been changed to an armed robbery.

According to court documents and the victim’s statement, Moss saw the victim and walked up to his vehicle. Moss then pointed a gun at the victim and told him to get out of the car. Moss also ordered the victim to reset his phone. When the victim told Moss he did not know how to do that, Moss threatened to kill him if he did not comply. Moss then drove off in the victim’s vehicle with the victim’s phone.

Court documents show that law enforcement located the stolen vehicle parked at a convenience store while Moss was standing nearby. A CMPD officer approached Moss who did not comply with the officer’s commands. During the arrest, law enforcement recovered a .40 caliber semi-automatic pistol from Moss’s pants pocket. At the time of the carjacking, Moss was on probation with the state of North Carolina for a Common Law Robbery conviction.

Moss is currently in federal custody and will be transferred to the custody of the federal Bureau of Prisons upon designation of a federal facility. All federal sentences are served without the possibility of parole.