Javon Roach, a 20-year-old resident of Washington, D.C., has entered a guilty plea in U.S. District Court for his involvement in a series of violent armed carjackings and robberies that affected 17 victims across the city in early 2023.
The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Edward R. Martin, Jr., FBI Special Agent in Charge Sean Ryan of the Washington Field Office Criminal and Cyber Division, and Chief Pamela Smith of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).
Roach admitted guilt to three counts of carjacking and two counts of brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence. Judge Rudolph Contreras has set sentencing for June 27, 2025. Roach faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 14 years and could be sentenced to up to 20.5 years.
Court documents reveal that Roach carried out six armed carjackings and five armed robberies between March 6 and March 28, 2023. During these incidents, he used firearms to intimidate 16 victims into surrendering their property. His previous conviction in Fairfax County, Virginia, for possession of a machinegun and assaulting a police officer stemmed from his arrest on March 30, 2023. As part of his criminal activities, Roach led law enforcement on a high-speed chase using a stolen vehicle, collided with police cars, and was apprehended with a handgun equipped with a machine gun conversion device.
The case is being handled by the FBI Violent Crimes Task Force and the Metropolitan Police Department. Trial Attorney Gaelin Bernstein and Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrea Duvall are prosecuting the case.