Teen Sentenced for 2024 Armed Carjacking

WASHINGTON – Jordan Grice, 19, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to 7.5 years in prison for charges related to an armed carjacking he committed in August 2024, announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.  

Grice pleaded guilty on August 20, 2025, to one count of armed carjacking. Grice was 17 years old at the time of the offense and was charged as an adult pursuant to Title 16. The government requested the mandatory minimum term of 15 years’ incarceration and opposed a sentence under the Youth Rehabilitation Act. Superior Court Judge Robert Salerno sentenced Grice under the Youth Rehabilitation Act, which permits a sentence beneath the mandatory minimum, and ordered Grice to serve 7.5 years in prison to be followed by three years of probation. 

On August 16, 2024, at approximately 11:00 p.m., in the 1700 block of 10th Street, NW, Grice and his co-conspirator exited a grey Hyundai and approached the victim, who was sitting in his vehicle, with a firearm. Grice demanded the victim’s car keys and cell phone. The victim then exited his vehicle, and the defendant and his co-conspirator entered and drove off, heading westbound in the 900 block of French Street, NW. The carjacking was captured on surveillance video. At the time of this offense, Grice was wearing a Court Services GPS monitor that placed him at the offense location. Had the case proceeded to trial, the government would have presented additional evidence tying Grice to a second armed carjacking later that night.   

Grice was arrested on October 10, 2024, and has been in custody since. 

Joining the announcement was Interim Chief Jeffery Carroll of the Metropolitan Police Department. 

In announcing the sentence, U.S. Attorney Pirro and Interim Chief Carroll commended the work of those who investigated the case from the Metropolitan Police Department. 

They also thanked Assistant United States Attorneys Rukiya Mohamed and Augustin Horner, who prosecuted the case.  

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