Lower Moreland Man Heads To Prison In Connection With Violent Carjacking

LOWER MORELAND, PA — A Lower Moreland Township man will be heading to state prison for up to five years after pleading guilty to committing a violent carjacking in the City of Philadelphia, according to media reports and court records.

Tyriq Washington, 19, of Huntingdon Valley, pleaded guilty last week to three felony charges stemming from the carjacking, which took place in the fall of 2020.

Court records show that Washington pleaded guilty to charges of robbery-threat of immediate serious injury, robbery of a motor vehicle and possessing a firearm by a prohibited person.

Montgomery County Common Pleas Court Judge Thomas P. Rogers sentenced Washington immediately following the guilty pleas.

Records show that other charges were dropped in connection with the plea arrangement with prosecutors.

According to the Mercury newspaper of Pottstown, a victim had called Philadelphia police to say that a man had carjacked him at gunpoint back on Oct. 10, 2020.

Philadelphia and Lower Moreland Police subsequently launched a joint investigation, which ultimately led to Washington as the suspect after the stolen vehicle had been tracked to Washington's Lower Moreland Township home.

Lower Moreland Police eventually arrested Washington and charged him with the carjacking after finding the vehicle parked in the defendant's driveway along with other evidence related to the crime, according to the Mercury, which cited a police criminal complaint for details of the case.

Police also said that the gun used in connection with the carjacking had been stolen.

Court records show that Washington received a minimum of two and maximum of five years for each of the three felony counts.

The Mercury reported that Washington will also receive credit for time served in jail while awaiting trial.