Maricela Delores Lozano, Carjacking, Missouri 2020

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Carjacking Suspect Pleads Guilty

A Kansas City, Kansas, woman has pleaded guilty to stealing a vehicle at gunpoint from the Country Club Plaza parking garage.

Maricela Delores Lozano, 21, pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of carjacking and one count of brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence.

According to court documents, Lozano approached the owner of a Nissan Altima on July 19, 2020, at approximately 5:48 p.m. She brandished a Century Arms Draco AK 47-style 9mm pistol, pointed it at the victim, and demanded her keys and cell phone. The victim complied and walked away from the vehicle to a nearby business and used their phone to call the police.

Lozano later told investigators that she got into the driver’s seat and attempted to start the vehicle, but the ignition was a “push to start,” which confused her because she had never encountered such technology. Once Lozano was able to start the vehicle, she drove out of the parking garage. Lozano stole a license plate from a Chevrolet sport utility vehicle and attached it to the Nissan.

Lozano was arrested on July 21, 2020, after she was spotted by a Missouri State Highway Patrol corporal in a driveway in Fulton, Missouri. The officer stopped the vehicle and arrested Lozano and a male passenger. The officer seized the loaded firearm from the floorboard behind the driver’s seat.

Under federal statutes, Lozano is subject to a mandatory minimum sentence of seven years in federal prison without parole, up to a sentence of life in federal prison without parole. The maximum statutory sentence is prescribed by Congress and is provided here for informational purposes, as the sentencing of the defendant will be determined by the court based on the advisory sentencing guidelines and other statutory factors. A sentencing hearing will be scheduled after the completion of a presentence investigation by the United States Probation Office.

This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph M. Marquez. It was investigated by the Kansas City, Mo., Police Department, the Missouri State Highway Patrol, and the FBI.