BALTIMORE, MD—A Baltimore man will spend more than two decades in prison for his part in a carjacking and armed robbery conspiracy.
U.S. District Judge Stephanie A. Gallagher this week sentenced David Banks, 29, of Baltimore, to 25 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for a carjacking and armed robbery conspiracy, including six armed robberies and a carjacking, during which three people were shot and two were killed.
The sentence was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Erek L. Barron; Special Agent in Charge Toni M. Crosby of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Baltimore Field Division; Commissioner Michael Harrison of the Baltimore Police Department; and Acting Chief Dennis J. Delp of the Baltimore County Police Department.
According to his guilty plea, Banks personally participated in a conspiracy to commit a series of carjackings and armed robberies. In each of the robberies and carjackings a member of the conspiracy brandished a gun to threaten and intimidate the victims. Two victims were shot and killed during a carjacking and robbery, respectively.
The conspirators would often use the stolen vehicles to commit additional criminal acts and they shared the proceeds of their exploits, with certain conspirators responsible for pawning any items recovered from the victims and the stolen vehicles.
Banks admitted that he personally participated in a carjacking on June 12, 2019, in which a victim was shot and killed, and that he intended to cause death or serious bodily injury to the victim. Banks also participated in five armed robberies and an attempted robbery committed from July 7, 2019 to August 12, 2019. As detailed in the plea agreement, a victim was shot during the attempted robbery on July 24, 2019, and another victim was shot and killed during an armed robbery committed four days later.
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