Andre Rushing, a 23-year-old resident of the District of Columbia, was sentenced to 108 months in federal prison for his involvement in a series of armed carjackings and robberies that took place in March 2023. The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.
Rushing pleaded guilty on March 17, 2025, to charges of carjacking and brandishing a firearm during a violent crime. As part of his plea, he admitted responsibility for four separate incidents involving carjackings and robberies. Authorities arrested Rushing and his co-defendants in Fairfax County on March 30, 2023, after they attempted to evade police while driving a stolen vehicle.
U.S. District Court Judge Rudolph Contreras also ordered Rushing to serve five years of supervised release after completing his prison term.
FBI Special Agent in Charge Reid Davis of the Washington Field Office Criminal Division and Chief Pamela A. Smith of the Metropolitan Police Department joined Pirro in announcing the sentence.
According to court documents, on March 6, 2023, at around 9:20 p.m., Rushing and co-defendant Javon Roach carjacked a man on the 1500 block of Maryland Avenue. Rushing pointed a handgun at the victim while Roach stood nearby with a long-style gun.
The next day, March 7, Rushing was arrested for gun possession near Anacostia Road SE. Officers found him close to an untraceable “ghost gun” loaded with ammunition. Prior to this arrest, he had appeared on an Instagram Live video holding what looked like a handgun with an extended magazine.
On March 16, both men robbed a food delivery worker at gunpoint on Benning Road NE, taking phones, cash, and food before fleeing in another stolen vehicle. The following day, they robbed three construction workers at gunpoint on Anacostia Road SE.
On March 26, they committed another carjacking at a gas station on Minnesota Avenue NE. On March 30 in Fairfax County, police located another stolen vehicle linked to the pair at Tyson’s Mall. After attempting to escape through traffic and crashing into several vehicles—including a police cruiser—Roach fled on foot while officers arrested Rushing inside the car with a loaded handgun nearby.
Roach was previously sentenced on June 27 to more than eighteen years (228 months) in federal prison for his involvement in these crimes.
The FBI Violent Crimes Task Force worked alongside local law enforcement agencies including the Metropolitan Police Department and Fairfax County Police Department during their investigation. Trial Attorney Gaelin Bernstein and Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrea Duvall prosecuted the case.
