Rubin Raphael Bordeaux, a 36-year-old from the District, received a 16-year prison sentence for his involvement in a series of armed carjackings targeting delivery workers in November 2023. The escalating violence concluded with a shooting, an eight-mile pursuit in an Amazon van, a vehicle crash, and a subsequent foot chase.
The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Edward R. Martin Jr. and FBI Special Agent in Charge Sean T. Ryan from the Washington Field Office. Bordeaux pleaded guilty to charges of carjacking and possession of a firearm during a violent crime on September 12, 2024. Besides the 192-month prison sentence, U.S. District Court Judge Jia M. Cobb mandated Bordeaux to serve a three-year supervised release.
According to court records, Bordeaux and his co-defendants specifically sought out delivery drivers in a spree across the District of Columbia and Maryland. On November 9, 2023, they first targeted a UPS driver in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. The UPS driver was approached while sorting packages, with an accomplice threatening her with a firearm and demanding keys and operational guidance for the truck.
An hour later, in Oxon Hill, Maryland, Bordeaux and a co-conspirator targeted a FedEx driver finishing a break. The FedEx truck was taken at gunpoint, later recovered in Washington, D.C., stripped of multiple packages.
Four days on, on November 13, 2023, an Amtrak driver was robbed. Bordeaux forced the driver to surrender the marked vehicle by brandishing a black gun. Damage inflicted during the brief possession amounted to $27,883.
The following day, Bordeaux's group targeted a shopper and her child in a Forestville, Maryland parking lot. The carjacked vehicle was later abandoned in Southeast D.C., where an Amazon delivery driver became the next victim. Bordeaux and an accomplice fired at the driver before fleeing in the Amazon van. Bordeaux led police on an eight-mile pursuit from D.C. into Maryland, hitting multiple vehicles. He abandoned the van and attempted to escape on foot but was quickly apprehended.
The investigation involved the FBI Violent Crimes Task Force, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Prince George's County Police Department, and the MPD. It was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Meredith Mayer-Dempsey, Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Emily Reeder-Ricchetti, and former Assistant U.S. Attorneys Omeed Ali Assefi and Jacqueline Yarbro.
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