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Two Juveniles Plead Guilty for November 2023 Carjacking Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia Dateline: Washington, D.C. 
Date: 16 December 2024 Subjects: American Government , Crime
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WASHINGTON – Robert Littles, 17, and Jessup Meeks, 18, both of Washington D.C., pleaded guilty today to carjacking and firearms offenses stemming from a November 2023 carjacking in Southeast Washington D.C., announced U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves and Chief Pamela Smith of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).
Both defendants pleaded guilty in D.C. Superior Court to one count of carjacking and one count of possession of a firearm during a crime of violence. The Honorable Judge Errol Arthur scheduled a sentencing hearing for February 21, 2025. Carjacking carries a mandatory minimum term of seven years of incarceration.
At the time of the offense, Littles was 16 years old and Meeks was 17 years old. Both were charged as adults. According to the government’s evidence, with which the defendants agreed, on November 19, 2023, the victim was working as an Uber driver and travelled to the 3000 block of Massachusetts Avenue Southeast to pick up a passenger. Meeks got in the front passenger seat of the victim’s car, while Littles and an unidentified third person approached the driver’s side. Littles pointed a black AR-style rife with a drum magazine at the victim’s head before punching the victim in the face. The defendants then pulled the victim out of his car and down to the ground and told him to “leave everything and get out.” The defendants then fled the scene in the victim’s car. Meeks and Littles were arrested approximately thirty minutes later, after the victim’s car was found crashed in the 3000 block of Nelson Place Southeast. Officers observed Littles and Meeks walking up the street from the crashed vehicle and detained them after a short foot pursuit. During the stop, officers recovered the firearm from Littles’ person.
This case was investigated by the Metropolitan Police Department. It is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Randle Wilson and Lauren “Luca” Winer.
ContactUpdated December 16, 2024
Press Release Number: 24-1001