Tag: armed carjacking
Orlin Lemus-Cruz, Armed Carjacking, District of Columbia 2025
⏱ 2 min read On March 26, 2025, Orlin Lemus-Cruz and his co-conspirators, Jason Benitez-Umanzor and Julio Villafranco, approached two victims watching a soccer game at the Bell Athletic Field in Northwest D.C. and robbed them at gunpoint. The victims were pistol-whipped and had a coat and a moped stolen. Lemus-Cruz was arrested on April…
Avery Ricardo Robinson III, Carjacking, District of Columbia 2025
⏱ 2 min read Avery Ricardo Robinson III, 26, carjacked a victim at gunpoint in Columbia Heights, D.C., on September 20, 2025, making off with a 2017 Nissan Altima. The incident occurred near the 1400 block of Park Road NW, where the victim had parked the vehicle. Robinson, who was on a bicycle, pulled a…
Myles Cordelle Dan Padilla, Felon in Possession of a Firearm, New Mexico 2022
⏱ 2 min read A brazen armed carjacking shook Farmington, New Mexico, when 34-year-old Myles Cordelle Dan Padilla took a motor vehicle from John Doe by force with a firearm on April 10, 2022. Padilla’s actions were a brazen disregard for the law, especially for a man with a history of violence. As a previously…
Dequan Simpson, Armed Carjacking, Washington 2023
⏱ 2 min read In a shocking display of violence, Dequan Simpson, 18, allegedly lured a pizza delivery driver and a freelance barber to a residence on Webster Street NE in Washington DC, robbing and carjacking them at gunpoint. The crimes occurred on March 4 and 6, with the second incident leaving the barber shot…
