Philadelphia Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for His Role in Violent Armed Carjacking

PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that Emmanuel Sia, 22, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to 120 months in prison, three years’ supervised release, and $42,909 in restitution by United States District Judge Paul S. Diamond for taking part in a violent armed carjacking.

The defendant was charged by indictment in August 2023 with one count of carjacking and one count of using, carrying, and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence. He pleaded guilty to both charges in May of this year.

As detailed in court filings and admitted to by the defendant, in the early morning hours of July 11, 2023, Sia and two others carjacked a 26-year-old man who had just parked his car near his Northeast Philadelphia home, with the defendant and others pointing their semiautomatic pistols directly at the victim, at very close range. The carjackers then pistol-whipped the man, took his cell phone, and drove off in his Dodge Charger.

Philadelphia police officers soon located and followed the stolen vehicle. As Sia and his co-defendants were trying to flee police in the Charger, they collided with another vehicle and crashed into a pole on Castor Avenue, where the stolen car caught fire and was destroyed. Police quickly apprehended all three carjackers after the crash.

Sia’s co-defendants, Leevah Mills and Kysime Brown, also pleaded guilty to the charges against them. In September, Mills was sentenced to more than 11 years in prison, and earlier this month, Brown was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment.

This case was investigated by the Philadelphia Police Department and the FBI and prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Thomas M. Zaleski.

Note: the posting of this press release was delayed, due to the federal government shutdown from October 1, 2025, to November 12, 2025.