District Man Sentenced in Armed Carjacking at Northeast Washington D.C. Gas Station

WASHINGTON - Terrell Edmondson, 19, of the District of Columbia, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 84 months in federal prison in connection with an October 2024 armed carjacking in Northeast Washington that was documented by multiple surveillance cameras and by evidence that Edmondson posted to his own Instagram account, announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.

Edmondson pleaded guilty on August 13 before Judge Beryl A. Howell to a count of brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence. In addition to the 84-month prison sentence, Judge Howell ordered Edmondson to serve five years of supervised release.

Joining in the announcement was Chief Michael Sullivan of the U.S. Capitol Police.

According to court records, on Oct. 4, 2024, about 2:15 a.m., MPD officers responded to a report of an armed carjacking on the 5700 block of Eads Street NE. The victim was at a gas station when a blue Mercedes pulled up next to him. Two masked and armed gunman, one of whom was identified as Edmondson, got out of the Mercedes and demanded the victim's 2006 Infiniti M35X. One of the gunmen pointed a firearm at the victim's face. The two gunmen fled with the Infiniti. At about 3:05 a.m. Edmondson posted a video to his Instagram account of the carjacked Infiniti and the Mercedes.

Later that same day, MPD notified U.S. Capitol Police that the carjacked Infiniti was driving recklessly through heavy traffic near Capitol grounds. U.S. Capitol Police spotted and pursued the Infiniti before it crashed into another vehicle. Edmondson then fled from the Infiniti toward the recreation fields northeast of RFK stadium where he was detained. 24cr486

This case was investigated by the U.S. Capitol Police. It was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Benjamin Helfand for the District of Columbia.

Surveillance photo taken at the gas station during the carjacking of the Infiniti.

Surveillance photo of Terrell Edmondson as he exits the back seat of a blue Mercedes at the gas station where the carjacking took place.

The wreckage of the carjacking Infiniti in a photo taken later the on the day of the carjacking.

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