Nine Individuals Indicted by Federal Grand Jury for Carjacking

U.S. Attorney’s Office, Western District of Tennessee
March 27, 2009

MEMPHIS, TN—A federal grand jury has returned four separate indictments charging nine individuals with violations of federal carjacking and firearms statutes announced Lawrence J. Laurenzi, United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee and My Harrison, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation-Memphis Division.

Marcus Martin, 32, Marico Pride, 30, Jeremy Thomas, 22, Stephen Jones, 21, Carnashun Shields, 18, Anthony Terrell Lewis, Jr., 20, and Jermain Lane, 22, all of Memphis, were each charged in three unrelated indictments with one count of carjacking and one count of possession and use of a firearm during the carjacking. Terrell Taylor, 18, and William Peters, 18, both of Memphis, were each charged with two counts of carjacking and two counts of possession and use of a firearm during the carjackings. The indictments allege that the defendants carjacked various individuals during the months of January, February, and March of 2009.

Taylor and Peters are additionally charged with one count of Attempted Carjacking which carries a penalty of up to 15 years in prison.

Violations of the Carjacking Statute carry a penalty of up to 15 years in prison. Possession and Use of a Firearm During a Carjacking or an Attempted Carjacking carries a penalty of not less than seven years in prison and up to Life in prison. There is no parole in the federal prison system.

These cases resulted from investigations by the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Safe Street Task Force. This Task Force is comprised of agents, officers and deputies from the FBI, Memphis Police Department, Shelby County Sheriff’s Office, Bartlett Police Department, and the Germantown Police Department.

Assistant United States Attorneys Tony Arvin and Lorraine Craig are handling the cases for the government.