United States of America v. Carvon Antonio Saine

Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Armed Carjacking

Saint Paul Man and Mounds View Woman Sentenced to Prison for Armed Carjacking in Minneapolis

On October 6, 2023, Carvon Antonio Saine, 19, and his co-defendant Isis Martinaz Brent, a.k.a. Jayda Marie White, 20, approached an elderly victim who had just parked a 2013 Chevrolet Malibu on the street in South Minneapolis. Brent brandished a Carl Walther 9mm semiautomatic pistol and demanded the victim's keys. During the carjacking, an associate of Brent's forcefully snatched the victim's bags, causing the victim to fall and suffer bodily injury on their hands and knees. The Malibu experienced mechanical issues and was later found abandoned. A short time later, Brent and Saine approached a second victim in a parking lot on Chicago Avenue South. Brent knocked on the window, demanded the victim's keys, and again brandished the Walther semiautomatic pistol at the victim. The second victim was able to escape the attempted carjacking.



Saine and Brent were sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court before Judge John R. Tunheim, each on one count of aiding and abetting a carjacking.



This case is the result of an investigation conducted by the Minneapolis Police Department and the FBI.



Assistant U.S. Attorney David Green prosecuted the case.