A Charlotte man has been sentenced to 78 months in prison for his role in an armed carjacking incident in January 2021.
Ricky Lewis Bush, 21, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Frank D. Whitney late yesterday for his involvement in the carjacking and gun charges, announced William T. Stetzer, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
Bush was also ordered to serve three years under court supervision after completing his prison term and to pay restitution to the victim of the carjacking.
According to court documents and the sentencing hearing, on the night of January 13, 2021, Bush and his co-defendant, Jontez Xavier McLeod, carjacked a female victim identified as C.K. at gunpoint in a parking lot of an apartment complex in Charlotte.
Court records show that C.K. was exiting her vehicle when Bush and McLeod approached the victim. Bush pointed a firearm at the victim, and the two men grabbed the victim and pulled her from her vehicle.
Bush and McLeod then got into the victim’s car and fled the scene, leaving the victim in the parking lot. CMPD officers located the victim’s car and arrested Bush and McLeod after they attempted to evade the police.
Over the course of the investigation, CMPD officers recovered several videos from Bush’s cell phone, taken shortly before and after the carjacking. In one of the videos, Bush is holding the same firearm used in the carjacking.
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Key Facts
- State: North Carolina
- Category: Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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