15-17 years for carjacker.Byline: Gary V. Murray WORCESTER - A 20-year-old city man was sentenced to 15 to 17 years' imprisonment Imprisonment See also Isolation. Alcatraz Island former federal maximum security penitentiary, near San Francisco; “escapeproof.” [Am. Hist.: Flexner, 218] Altmark, the German prison ship in World War II. [Br. Hist. yesterday for his role in a series of armed robberies and a carjacking The criminal taking of a motor vehicle from its driver by force, violence, or intimidation. The u.s. justice department categorizes the crime of carjacking as a "completed or attempted Robbery of a motor vehicle by a stranger in which the victim was bound and gagged, placed in the trunk of his vehicle and driven around for about two hours before being released. Calling the crimes outrageous, Judge John S. McCann sentenced Anthony J. Jackson to 15 to 17 years in state prison, with 5 years of probation to follow, after Mr. Jackson pleaded guilty in Worcester Superior Court to charges of carjacking, kidnapping kidnapping, in law, the taking away of a person by force, threat, or deceit, with intent to cause him to be detained against his will. Kidnapping may be done for ransom or for political or other purposes. , four counts of armed robbery, three counts of possessing a sawed-off shotgun Noun 1. sawed-off shotgun - a shotgun with short barrels scattergun, shotgun - firearm that is a double-barreled smoothbore shoulder weapon for firing shot at short ranges and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. Two co-defendants are awaiting trial. Assistant District Attorney Jeffrey T. Travers told Judge McCann that a 19-year-old man was carjacked at gunpoint about 2 a.m. Dec. 29, 2007, after his car was blocked by a red Nissan Maxima The Nissan Maxima is a car manufactured by Nissan that is in a line of upper mid-size executive and sports sedans. The Maxima debuted in 1976 as an upscale version of the Bluebird and was spun into its own line in 1980, having been made continuously since then. on Coburn Avenue. The prosecutor said Raphael Rebollo, 21, of 1165 West Boylston St., one of Mr. Jackson's co-defendants, got out of the other car armed with a sawed-off shotgun, approached the victim and demanded his wallet. When the man was unable to produce his wallet, Mr. Rebollo got behind the wheel and Mr. Jackson, of 14 Boardman St., got into the back seat, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Mr. Travers. Mr. Rebollo drove off while Mr. Jackson took possession of the shotgun, Mr. Travers said. He said the third suspect, identified as Antonio Cox, 20, of 10 Lucian St., followed in the red car. Mr. Rebollo eventually stopped the victim's car and the victim was bound and gagged with duct tape duct tape n. A usually silver adhesive tape made of cloth mesh coated with a waterproof material, originally designed for sealing heating and air-conditioning ducts. Noun 1. and forced into the trunk, according to the assistant district attorney. From inside the trunk, the victim told police, he felt the car stop and heard what sounded like a robbery. Mr. Travers said that holdup occurred at 3:53 a.m. when the suspects robbed a man and two women at gunpoint on Coes Street after ramming one of the two cars they were in. About 4:35 a.m., after releasing the carjacking victim and returning his car to him, the three suspects robbed a 24-year-old newspaper deliveryman at gunpoint on Gage Street Gage Street (Traditional Chinese: 結志街; Simplified Chinese: 结志街 , Mr. Travers said. Police located the Maxima about 5 a.m. near Main and Elm streets and arrested the suspects after they were identified by the victim of the Gage Street robbery. Police said they recovered a shotgun, a pellet gun a gun that fires small pellets, less than 3 mm diameter, usually made of metal. See also: Pellet , three bandanas, wallets belonging to the victims and a roll of duct tape. The sentence imposed by Judge McCann was recommended by Mr. Travers. Mr. Jackson's lawyer, Tom G. Vukmirovits, recommended a sentence of 5 to 7 years and probation. "It is my hope, desire and request that you serve no less than 15 years, though I would rather it be life," the mother of one of the female robbery victims said to Mr. Jackson. Mr. Jackson was given credit for 433 days he spent in custody awaiting trial. Mr. Cox and Mr. Rebollo also are charged with other robberies. |
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