Miranda Lee Pryor, 39, from Orange Park, was sentenced to 10 years and 5 months in federal prison for her involvement in an armed carjacking that took place in Lehigh Acres in May 2025. U.S. District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell handed down the sentence after Pryor pleaded guilty on October 29, 2025, to charges of carjacking, brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence, and possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.
Rebecca Lea Stacey, 36, of West Palm Beach and Pryor’s co-defendant in the case, had previously received a sentence of 10 years and 10 months in federal prison. The announcement was made by United States Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe.
Court records show that on May 11, 2025, Stacey and Pryor approached a man waiting in his vehicle outside a store in Lehigh Acres. During the incident, Pryor displayed a firearm while they stole the victim's car and left the scene at high speed. Later that day, law enforcement officers found the stolen vehicle on Interstate 75. Stacey was driving when she led police on a high-speed chase through Collier County before losing control and crashing the car.
Both women were apprehended soon after the crash. While fleeing police during the chase, Pryor threw the firearm used in the carjacking out of the window; it was later recovered by authorities along the highway.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives worked with the Lee County Sheriff’s Office, Collier County Sheriff’s Office, and Florida Highway Patrol to investigate this case. Assistant United States Attorneys Simon Eth and Kevin Huguelet prosecuted.
