The Justice Department issued the following statement.
A Jackson man pleaded guilty to carjacking and brandishing a firearm in relation to a crime of violence.
According to court documents and statements made in court, Russell Emmett Gibbs, 46, carjacked a male victim at gunpoint on Edgewood Terrace in Jackson in November of 2020. Gibbs was indicted by a federal grand jury on June 6, 2023.
Gibbs is scheduled to be sentenced on January 30, 2024. He faces a minimum of seven years and a maximum of life in prison. A federal district judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.
U.S. Attorney Todd W. Gee and Special Agent in Charge Joshua Jackson of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives made the announcement.
The case was investigated by the ATF and the Jackson Police Department.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Kimberly T. Purdie is prosecuting the case.
This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and gun violence, and to make our neighborhoods safer for everyone. On May 26, 2021, the Department launched a violent crime reduction strategy strengthening PSN based on these core principles: fostering trust and legitimacy in our communities, supporting community-based organizations that help prevent violence from occurring in the first place, setting focused and strategic enforcement priorities, and measuring the results.
9 comments:
They pat themselves on the back, but justice delayed is justice denied.
He didn't intend to hurt nobody.
4:35, what are talking about? This vermin is hopefully about to spend the rest of his worthless life in prison.
2 1/2 years to indict????
Until the law requires the death penalty for crimes committed with a firearm, this violent, anti-social behavior will continue.
Why was this car jacking a “federal” crime?
Why did it take three years for the indictment?
@7:46 AM - It's to make the US Attorney look like they are doing something about those nasty guns in a city (Jackson) that is soft on crime.
It didn't take three years to indict. It takes three years to sentence, which is even more alarming.
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