Javon Roach Sentenced for Spree of Violent Incidents

Friday, June 27, 2025

WASHINGTON – Javon Roach, 20, of the District of Columbia., was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 228 months in federal prison for his role in a series of violent armed carjackings and armed robberies that targeted 17 victims, announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.

The spree culminated in a high-speed chase, an assault on a police officer, and his arrest in Fairfax County on March 30, 2023. Roach pleaded guilty two years later, on March 6, 2025, to three counts of carjacking and two counts of brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence. In addition to the prison term, U.S. District Court Judge Rudolph Contreras ordered Roach to serve five years of supervised release.

According to court documents, Roach admitted to committing six armed carjackings and five armed robberies between March 6 and March 28, 2023. In addition to the 19-year prison sentence, Judge Rudolph Contreras ordered Roach to serve five years of supervised release.

On Feb. 7, 2023, about 9 p.m., Roach carjacked a male victim (V-1), who was putting air in his car tires on the 300 block of G Street SW. Roach hit V-1 seven times in the head, pulled V-1 away from his vehicle, and got into the driver’s side of the vehicle. Roach was joined by two co-conspirators and the three of them fled in the stolen car.

On March 6, 2023, at 9:20 p.m., Roach and co-defendant Andre Rushing carjacked a victim (V-2) who was approaching a pizza restaurant on the 1500 block of Maryland Avenue. Rushing pointed a handgun at V-2 and demanded the victim’s keys and phone. Roach stood to the side pointing a loaded long-style gun at V-2. Roach and Rushing fled in V-2’s vehicle, which was recovered the next week.

On March 11, 2023, at 1:20 a.m., Roach and a co-conspirator approached a male (V-3) who was pumping gas on the 800 block of Bladensburg Road, NE and carjacked V-3’s vehicle. About 30-minutes, Roach carjacked another vehicle on the 800 block of Pennsylvania Avenue SE. He approached a male (V-4), pointed a gun at him, and demanded his keys. When V-4 stated that his keys were in his car, Roach took V-4’s iPhone and wallet, and drove off with V-4’s BMW 535i sedan. Later that morning Roach posted an Instagram Story depicting a BMW key attached to a belt loop, with an overlay of a song entitled “Jacking.” Shortly thereafter, Roach took photos of himself holding apparent firearms and wearing clothing consistent with that captured by surveillance cameras.

On March 16, 2023, at 3:05 p.m., Roach and Rushing robbed a delivery driver (V-5) of food, cash, and a phone on the 3900 block of Benning Road NE.

On March 17, 2023, at 9:34 a.m., Roach and Rushing beat and robbed three men (V-6, V-7, V-8) at gunpoint on the 300 block of Anacostia Road. At 11:35 p.m. the same day, Roach committed another armed carjacking on the 3800 block Minnesota Avenue NE where one victim (V-9) was standing at an ATM and another (V-10) sat in the targeted vehicle. When V-9’s vehicle was recovered on March 24, 2023, a .40 caliber spent shell casing was found near the windshield, which was linked to a March 20, 2023, shooting on the 300 block of 34th Street SE.

On March 25, 2023, at 11:25 a.m., Roach robbed a male (V-11) at a gas station at gunpoint on the 3800 block of Minnesota Ave. NE. Roach and a co-conspirator fled in a silver Hyundai previously stolen on March 21, 2023. Immediately after the armed robbery, at 11:30 a.m., Roach and his co-conspirator carjacked a Toyota Camry on the 3900 block of Benning Road NE, from a male victim (V-12).

The following evening, on March 26, 2023, at 7:48 p.m., Roach and Rushing robbed another male (V-13) and carjacked the victims Chevrolet Impala on the 3800 block of Minnesota Avenue NE.

In the following days, Roach robbed V-14 at a construction site at 49th Street and Central Avenue NE, and then robbed at gunpoint three construction workers (V-15, V-16, V-17) on the 300 block of K Street SW. About 90 minutes later, Roach and a co-defendant went live on Instagram holding significant amounts of cash.

On March 29, 2023, Roach, Rushing and two other coconspirators carjacked an Audi Q5. The next day, at 2:15 p.m., Fairfax County Police located the Audi in a parking garage of Tyson’s Mall and set up surveillance. At 3:15 p.m., Roach and Rushing fled in the carjacked Audi onto Leesburg Pike where it got stuck in traffic. Roach, who was driving, tried to escape by crashing the vehicle into several other cars. Roach then threw the carjacked Audi in reverse and struck a Fairfax County police vehicle before officers surrounded and stopped the Audi. Roach fled on foot. He was caught in a nearby parking lot. During a search, police recovered a loaded handgun equipped with a machine gun conversion device from his pant leg.

For his actions during the arrest, Roach subsequently pleaded guilty in Fairfax County to possession of a machine gun and assault on a police officer.

Rushing, whose sentencing is pending, pleaded guilty in District Court in Washington D.C. on March 17 to carjacking and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence.  A second co-defendant, Dominic Armstrong, whose sentencing is also pending, pleaded guilty in District Court in Washington D.C. on April 10 to carjacking, Hobbs Act robbery, and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence.

This case was investigated by the FBI Violent Crimes Task Force, the Fairfax County Police Department, and the Metropolitan Police Department. It is being prosecuted by Trial Attorney Gaelin Bernstein and Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrea Duvall.