PHILADELPHIA - Federal law enforcement officials announced charges for eight people suspected of being connected to carjackings and violent crimes across Philadelphia.
On Wednesday, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Philadelphia released the names of six new defendants in the case who are charged with carjacking and carrying and using a firearm during a crime of violence.Two other defendants, Alex Fernandez-Pena and Juan Jose Rodriguez, were charged in February after allegedly carjacking a rideshare vehicle earlier in 2022 in the Parkside neighborhood in Philadelphia.
Authorities say the victim shot both suspected carjackers as they tried to get away. According to officials, Christopher Robinson, 20, of Philadelphia was charged in connection with three armed carjackings on December 9, 2021, January 5, 2022, and January 11, 2022.
Authorities say the victims in the three separate carjackings were caught off guard while on their phones sitting in parked cars or while filling up their gas tanks.