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    Virginia Jury Convicts Men of Hijacking 18-Wheeler Commercial Truck at Gunpoint

    2022-01-02

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    A federal jury convicted two New York City men on charges of carjacking, armed robbery and possession of a firearm in relation to a crime of violence.

    According to court records and evidence presented at trial, on April 1, at 3:05 a.m., Stephen Pierre Paul, 30, Wayne Ricardo Taylor, 26, and co-conspirators traveled to a truck stop in Mount Jackson in a van with blacked out windows. Once at the truck stop, Pierre-Paul, Taylor, and the co-conspirators hijacked an 18-wheel commercial tractor-trailer with Alabama tags. The group abducted the truck driver at gunpoint and forced him into their van. Both vehicles, the van and hijacked commercial truck, were stopped at a roadblock on eastbound Interstate 66 at 5:15 a.m. in Fairfax County. The victim truck driver was rescued, and the defendants were arrested.

    Co-defendants Cornelius Crossman, 37, and Odane Butler, 27, both of Brooklyn, New York, will be sentenced for their roles in the conspiracy on December 10 and January 21, 2022, respectively.

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