NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA — Devon Frith, a 25-year-old resident of New Orleans, was sentenced today to a total of 101 months in prison for carjacking and related firearm offenses. U.S. District Judge Lance M. Africk issued the sentence following Frith’s earlier guilty plea to charges of carjacking and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence.
The incident, which took place on April 10, 2023, involved Frith carjacking a vehicle in the Central City area of New Orleans. During the crime, Frith, masked and gloved, brandished a loaded Glock Model 26 handgun equipped with an extended magazine containing 17 live rounds, and demanded the car keys from the victim. He subsequently drove the stolen vehicle to the Westbank, where he crashed into a fence and another parked vehicle. Frith was apprehended by police within minutes of the crash, and the handgun was recovered, still wrapped in the sweatshirt he wore during the carjacking.
In sentencing, Judge Africk ordered Frith to serve 41 months for the carjacking and an additional 60 months consecutively for the firearm charge. Following his prison term, Frith will be under supervised release for five years and is also required to pay a $100 special assessment fee for each count of conviction.
U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans commended the New Orleans Police Department for their swift action in apprehending Frith and recovering the firearm used during the offense.
