PHILADELPHIA — Rashad Johnson-Price, 20, of Philadelphia, was sentenced today to 135 months (more than 11 years) in federal prison for his role in two carjackings of ride-share drivers within the same week in August 2022. Johnson-Price was also sentenced to five years of supervised release and ordered to pay a $300 special assessment. U.S. District Court Judge Michael M. Baylson handed down the sentence following Johnson-Price’s guilty plea to two counts of carjacking and one count of using a firearm during the commission of a violent crime.
Johnson-Price admitted to carjacking a Lyft driver at approximately 4 a.m. on August 9, 2022, in the Frankford section of Philadelphia. He also admitted to carrying and using a firearm during the crime. Just four days later, on August 13, 2022, Johnson-Price and an accomplice carjacked an Uber driver at approximately 5 a.m. In both incidents, Johnson-Price and his accomplice requested a ride-share service, and once they arrived near their destinations, they used a firearm to steal the vehicles from the drivers.
“The victims in this case were just trying to make an honest living when two criminals threatened them at gunpoint,” said U.S. Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero. “It must have been terrifying, especially in the early hours of the morning, with few other people around.”
Eric J. DeGree, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Philadelphia Field Division, added, “Luring victims through their ride-share service to take their cars and livelihood at gunpoint was a particularly awful crime that will not go unpunished.”
This case was part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a nationwide initiative aimed at reducing violent crime and gun violence by fostering trust in communities, setting strategic enforcement priorities, and ensuring that violent offenders are brought to justice.