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Third Defendant in Carjacking and Robbery Spree Sentenced to 120 Months

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Third Defendant in Carjacking and Robbery Spree Sentenced to 120 Months

Friday, September 5, 2025
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For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia

WASHINGTON - Dominic Armstrong, 21, of the District of Columbia., was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 120 months in prison in connection with his role in a spree of armed carjackings and robberies across the metropolitan region, announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.

Armstrong, aka "D1" and "Domo," pleaded guilty April 10, 2025, before U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras to carjacking, to brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, and to interfering with interstate commerce by robbery (aka Hobbs Act Robbery).

In addition to the 120-month prison sentence, Judge Contrerars ordered Armstrong to serve 5 years of supervised release.

According to court documents, on March 17, 2023, about 11:35 p.m. Armstrong and two other individuals, including his co-defendant, carjacked a blue Honda Civic at gunpoint on the 3800 block of Minnesota Ave. NE.

On March 28, 2023, about 12:50 p.m. Armstrong and his co-defendant Javon Roach participated in a gunpoint robbery of three construction workers who were unloading equipment on the 300 block of K Street SW.

Armstrong's participation in the spree of crimes only ceased when he and his co-defendants were brought into custody in Fairfax County, Virginia, on March 30, 2023, after he fled from police on foot while his co-defendants fled in a carjacked vehicle.

A year following his arrest and conviction in Fairfax County, Virginia, Armstrong committed an additional robbery in D.C. on May 14, 2024, when he robbed an Uber driver at gunpoint.

On August 1, 2024, Armstrong was charged federally in the March 17, 2023, carjacking and for brandishing a firearm during that carjacking. Arrested on Sept. 12, 2024, he has remained in custody since.

Armstrong's co-defendant Javon Roach, 20, was sentenced June 27 to 228 months in prison for his role in the spree of violent armed carjackings and armed robberies. Co-defendant Andre Rushing, 23, was sentenced August 19 to 108 months.

This case was investigated by the FBI Violent Crimes Task Force, the Fairfax County Police Department, and the Metropolitan Police Department. It is being prosecuted by Trial Attorney Gaelin Bernstein and Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrea Duvall of the Violent Crime and Narcotics Trafficking Section.

Updated September 5, 2025
Topics
Firearms Offenses
Violent Crime
Components
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
USAO - District of Columbia
Press Release Number:25-402
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