VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — A man was sentenced Thursday to nearly 21 years in prison for multiple carjackings and using a firearm while committing the carjackings in 2020.
According to a release from the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, 30-year-old, Bryant Marcus Wilkerson committed his first known carjacking on November 3, 2020 in Chesapeake.
He approached a person in the driver's seat of their car. Wilkerson told the driver of the vehicle to get out of the car he would shoot them. Wilkerson then took out a firearm and hit the driver in the face with it. The driver got out of the car and Wilkerson drove it away. The car was found abandoned the next day.
On November 9, Wilkerson approached another individual who was sitting in the driver seat of their vehicle in Currituck, North Carolina. He opened the passenger side door, pointed a firearm at the driver and ordered the driver to get out of the vehicle.
The driver got out, but Wilkerson couldn't start the car because the driver still had the key fob. Wilkerson got into another vehicle that was unoccupied with the engine running and fled the scene. Deputies from Currituck County Police Department attempted to stop him, but he led them on a high-speed chase in which he drove into oncoming traffic at high speed and ran other vehicles off the road.
Wilkerson later exited that vehicle and after a foot chase jumped onto the hood of another vehicle, pointed a firearm at the driver and ordered them to get out. He fired a shot into the dash and pointed the firearm at the drier again.
The driver got out and Wilkerson drove the vehicle away. Wilkerson led police on another high-speed chase, this time traveling at speeds over 100 miles per hour while driving in the wrong direction on an expressway.
Law enforcement officers were able to flatten Wilkerson’s tires using spike strips, which forced him to finally stop.
Wilkerson fled on foot again, robbed another citizen, and ultimately broke into yet another locked vehicle. Officers found Wilkerson hiding in the vehicle with a firearm and took him into custody.
