Individual Indicted and Arrested for Carjacking

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – On January 7, 2026, a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Jeremy Ruiz-Rosario, 22 years of age, of Trujillo Alto, with two carjackings, announced W. Stephen Muldrow, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico. Both carjackings were conducted at the same time, in the parking lot of a fast-food restaurant in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. Ruiz-Rosario and others, brandishing firearms, carjacked two adult females. On January 12, 2026, the Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested Ruiz-Rosario.

According to the Government’s allegations, on August 30, 2021, in the District of Puerto Rico, Jeremy Ruiz-Rosario, while carrying and brandishing a firearm, did take a motor vehicle, to wit: a white, 2020 Toyota RAV4 that had been transported, shipped or received in interstate or foreign commerce, from the presence of an adult female, by force, violence and intimidation. On that same date, Ruiz-Rosario is also charged with the armed carjacking of a white 2011 Nissan Rogue from an adult female by force, violence and intimidation.

U.S. Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow of the District of Puerto Rico; and Claudia Dubravetz, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the FBI made the announcement.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is in charge of the investigation.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Julian N. Radzinschi of the Violent Crimes Unit is in charge of the prosecution of the case.  If convicted, the defendant faces a sentence of up to fifteen years in prison for the carjackings and up to life in prison for the firearms charges.

An indictment is merely an allegation and all defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

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