D.C. Man Sentenced For Violent Carjacking Crime Spree

Tuesday, July 1, 2025, 8:00  A.M. ET. 5 Minute Read, By Art Fletcher: Englebrook Independent News,

WASHINGTON, DC.- Last Friday, a 20-year-old Washington, D.C., man learned he will be spending the next 19 years in prison, after being sentenced for his role in a series of violent armed carjackings and armed robberies that targeted 17 victims in March 2023.

     According to U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro, on Friday, June 27, 2025, Javon Roach, 20, of Washington, D.C., appeared in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Rudolph Contreras to 228 months in federal prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release for his March 6, 2025 guilty pleas to three counts of Armed Carjacking; and two counts of Brandishing a Firearm in Furtherance of a Crime of Violence.

     According to court documents and statements made during his March 6, 2025, plea allocution, Roach admitted to committing six armed carjackings and five armed robberies between February 7, 2023, and March 28, 2023. 

Victim 1

      On February 7, 2023, at around 9:00 p.m., Roach carjacked a man, identified as victim 1, who was putting air in his car’s tires on the 300 Block of G Street in Southwest, D.C. During the carjacking, Roach hit victim 1 seven times in the head, pulled him away from his vehicle, and got into the driver’s side of the vehicle. Roach was joined by two co-conspirators, and the three of them fled the scene.

Victim 2

     On March 6, 2023, at around 9:20 p.m., Roach and co-defendant Andre Rushing carjacked a victim 2,  who was approaching a pizza restaurant on the 1500 block of Maryland Avenue. Rushing, the victim pointed a handgun at victim 2  and demanded the victim’s keys and phone. Roach stood to the side, pointing a loaded long-style gun at victim 2. Roach and Rushing fled in victim 2’s vehicle, which was recovered the next week.

Victims 3 & 4

     On March 11, 2023, at 1:20 a.m., Roach and a co-conspirator approached a man identified as victim 3, who was pumping gas on the 800 block of Bladensburg Road, in Northeast, D.C., and carjacked victim 3’s vehicle. About 30 minutes later, Roach carjacked another vehicle on the 800 block of Pennsylvania Avenue in Southeast, D.C. He approached a man, identified as victim 4, pointed a gun at him, and demanded his keys. When victim 4 stated that his keys were in his car, Roach took victim 4’s iPhone and wallet and drove off with victim 4’s BMW 535i sedan. Later that morning, Roach posted an Instagram Story depicting a BMW key attached to a belt loop, with an overlay of a song entitled “Jacking.” Shortly thereafter, Roach took photos of himself holding apparent firearms and wearing clothing consistent with that captured by surveillance cameras.

Victim 5

     On March 16, 2023, at 3:05 p.m., Roach and Rushing robbed a delivery driver victim 5 of food, cash, and a phone on the 3900 block of Benning Road in Northeast, D.C.

Victims 6, 7, 8, 9, & 10

     On March 17, 2023, at 9:34 a.m., Roach and Rushing beat and robbed three men, identified as victim 6, victim 7, and victim 8, at gunpoint on the 300 block of Anacostia Road. At 11:35 p.m. the same day, Roach committed another armed carjacking on the 3800 block of Minnesota Avenue in Northeast, D.C., where one individual, identified as victim 9, was standing at an ATM and another individual, identified as victim 10, sat in the targeted vehicle. When victim 9’s vehicle was recovered on March 24, 2023, a .40 caliber spent shell casing was found near the windshield, which was linked to a March 20, 2023, shooting on the 300 block of 34th Street in Southeast, D.C.

Victims 11 & 12

     On March 25, 2023, at 11:25 a.m., Roach robbed a man, identified as victim 11, at a gas station at gunpoint on the 3800 block of Minnesota Ave in Northeast, D.C. Roach and a co-conspirator fled in a silver Hyundai previously stolen on March 21, 2023. Immediately after the armed robbery, at 11:30 a.m., Roach and his co-conspirator carjacked a Toyota Camry on the 3900 block of Benning Road in Northeast, D.C., from a man, identified as victim 12.

Victim 13

     The following evening, on March 26, 2023, at 7:48 p.m., Roach and Rushing robbed another man, identified as victim 13, and carjacked the victim 13’s Chevrolet Impala on the 3800 block of Minnesota Avenue in Northeast, D.C.

Victims 14, 15, 16, & 17

     In the following days, Roach robbed victim 14 at a construction site at 49th Street and Central Avenue in Northeast, D.C., and then robbed at gunpoint three construction workers, identified as victim 15, victim 16, and victim 17 on the 300 block of K Street in Southwest, D.C. About 90 minutes later, Roach and a co-defendant went live on Instagram holding significant amounts of cash.

     On March 29, 2023, Roach, Rushing, and two other coconspirators carjacked an Audi Q5. The next day, at 2:15 p.m., Fairfax County Police located the Audi in a parking garage of Tyson’s Mall and set up surveillance. At 3:15 p.m., Roach and Rushing fled in the carjacked Audi onto Leesburg Pike, where it got stuck in traffic. 

     Roach, who was driving, tried to escape by crashing the vehicle into several other cars. Roach then threw the carjacked Audi in reverse and struck a Fairfax County police vehicle before officers surrounded and stopped the Audi. Roach fled on foot. He was caught in a nearby parking lot. During a search, police recovered a loaded handgun equipped with a machine gun conversion device from his pant leg.

     For his actions during the arrest, Roach subsequently pleaded guilty in Fairfax County to possession of a machine gun and assault on a police officer.

     Rushing, whose sentencing is pending, pleaded guilty in District Court in Washington, D.C., on March 17 to carjacking and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence.  A second co-defendant, Dominic Armstrong, whose sentencing is also pending, pleaded guilty in District Court in Washington, D.C., on April 10 to carjacking, Hobbs Act robbery, and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence.

     This case was investigated by the FBI Violent Crimes Task Force, the Fairfax County Police Department, and the Metropolitan Police Department.