District Man Pleads Guilty to Carjacking in Northeast

            WASHINGTON – Antwan Mitchell, 19, of Washington D.C., pleaded guilty to one count of carjacking arising from a February 2024 offense committed in Northeast Washington D.C., announced U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves and Chief Pamela A. Smith of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).

            On May 14, 2024, Mitchell pleaded guilty in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia to carjacking before the Honorable Jason Park. Judge Park scheduled sentencing for August 5, 2024.

            During that plea hearing, Mitchell admitted that he and two co-conspirators, who have never been identified, carjacked a rideshare driver on February 6, 2024. The victim had just dropped off his rideshare passengers in the 200 block of Kenilworth Avenue NE when Mitchell and his accomplices surrounded the victim’s SUV. One of Mitchell’s accomplices held the victim at rifle-point while Mitchell and another accomplice demanded the victim’s car keys and wallet. After the victim got out of his SUV and handed over his car key, Mitchell and his accomplices drove off in the victim’s SUV. MPD Officers responded immediately, canvassed the area, and located the victim’s stolen SUV. While inspecting that vehicle, police also located a second vehicle that Mitchell and his accomplices had used to commit this carjacking. Officers pursued that vehicle and ultimately apprehended Mitchell after he ran from it. Police recovered a firearm in the vehicle, but Mitchell’s accomplices escaped.

            This case was investigated by the Metropolitan Police Department and is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Sabena Auyeung.