A Baltimore man has been sentenced to 12 years in federal prison for his role in an armed carjacking involving a Baltimore Police Department detective. Trevon Gardner, 23, will also serve five years of supervised release following his prison term. The sentencing was handed down by U.S. District Judge Stephanie A. Gallagher.
The incident occurred on May 3, 2022, when Detective Aaron Cain was at a 7-Eleven store in the Cherry Hill neighborhood of Baltimore. According to the plea agreement, Detective Cain was wearing his training uniform and driving an unmarked police vehicle when he was approached by Gardner and two other males. One of the men brandished a handgun and struck Detective Cain, causing him to fall to the ground where he was further assaulted before the assailants took off with his vehicle.
Video surveillance captured the event and showed the stolen police vehicle speeding away before it crashed about half a mile from the scene. Gardner and a juvenile accomplice were apprehended shortly after fleeing from the wrecked vehicle, while a third suspect remains at large.
U.S. Attorney Erek L. Barron announced the sentence alongside Special Agent in Charge William J. DelBagno of the FBI's Baltimore Field Office and Commissioner Richard Worley of the BPD.
This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), which aims to reduce violent crime through community collaboration and strategic law enforcement efforts.
U.S. Attorney Barron praised both the FBI and BPD for their work on this investigation and thanked Assistant U.S. Attorney John W. Sippel, Jr., who prosecuted the case.
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