Camden County Man Pleads Guilty To Philadelphia Carjackings
Wednesday, December 18, 2024, 7:30 P.M. ET. 2 Minute Read, By Art Fletcher: Englebrook Independent News,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- On Tuesday, December 17, 2024, Zamer Williams, 19, of Camden, New Jersey, appeared in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Court Judge Mitchell S. Goldberg to two counts of Carjacking; and one count of Carrying, Using, and Brandishing a Firearm During a Commission of a Crime of Violence.
Williams was charged with these offenses in a superseding indictment that was unsealed in April 2024 in connection with two November 2023 South Philadelphia carjackings.
According To Charging Documents
According to the charging information unsealed in the superseding indictment, on November 11, 2023, at approximately 9:00 p.m., the first victim, an Uber driver, was picking up a passenger at the Ikea on Columbus Boulevard in South Philadelphia. The driver had briefly stepped out of his vehicle, a 2016 Mazda CX-5, when Williams and another individual approached the driver and demanded his car keys at gunpoint. The victim handed over his keys, and Williams and his accomplice fled the scene in the victim’s car. The victim borrowed an Ikea worker’s phone and called 911.
Two days later, on November 13, 2023, the second victim entered the Wawa on Columbus Boulevard in South Philadelphia, leaving her car running. When she observed Williams getting into the driver’s seat of her vehicle, a 2016 Ford Fusion SE, she went outside to confront him. Williams drove the victim’s car away from the Wawa, with the victim holding onto the driver’s side door for approximately ten feet before she let go, and Williams drove away in her car.
After entering his plea on Tuesday, Judge Goldberg accepted the plea and scheduled sentencing for March 25, 2024, at which time Williams faces a mandatory minimum of seven years and up to life in federal prison. The actual term of imprisonment will be determined by a U.S. District Court Judge based on the seriousness of the offense and Williams’ prior criminal history.
