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Date: 06-03-2024
Case Style:
United States of America v. Miliki Lee
Case Number: 3:21-CR-117
Judge: Michael Ryan
Court: The United States District Court for the District of Columbia (Washington County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: The United States Attorney’s Office for Washington, D.C
Defendant's Attorney:
Description: Washington, D.C criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Carjacking
District Man Sentenced to Serve Five Years for Carjacking
According to the government’s evidence, with which Miliki Lee, 19, of Washington, D.C., agreed, at approximately 9:30 p.m. on October 27, 2023, the victim was driving in the 1000 block of Buchanan St NE, when another car blocked hers. Lee and his accomplices got out of that car and surrounded the victim’s vehicle, banged on the windows, brandished a handgun, and eventually forced her out of her car at gunpoint. Lee and his accomplices drove off in the victim’s car. MPD officers immediately used its helicopter to track the victim’s vehicle into Prince George’s County, Maryland, and then back into the District. Lee crashed the car at North Capitol and Ingraham Streets and ran. Police apprehended Lee, and recovered a Glock handgun that was loaded with 29 rounds of ammunition.
The government had requested a nine-year prison term.
In announcing the sentence, U.S. Attorney Graves and Chief Smith commended the work of those investigating the case from the Metropolitan Police Department, with valuable assistance from the Prince George’s County Police Department. They acknowledged the efforts of those who worked on the case from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, including Assistant U.S. Attorney Kathryn Bartz.
Outcome:
Defendant was found guilty and sentenced to five years’ incarceration and ordered an additional two years to be suspended under the Youth Rehabilitation Act
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