Baltimore Men Receive 40 and 24 Years for Deadly Carjacking

Baltimore, Maryland — Jerritt Barron will serve 40 years in federal prison and Jeremy Matheny will serve 24 years after U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar sentenced them June 2 for their roles in a string of armed carjackings, one of which ended in murder.

Barron, 24, and Matheny, 27, both of Baltimore, participated in multiple carjackings in the city. In one attempted carjacking, the pair's actions resulted in the death of the victim, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Judge Bredar imposed the terms in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, followed in each case by five years of supervised release.

The sentences remove two convicted participants from Baltimore's streets for a combined 64 years. Barron must serve roughly 35 years before he reaches his late 50s; Matheny must serve roughly 20 years before he reaches his late 40s. Federal carjacking statutes that carry mandatory minimums and enhancements for firearms and death drove the length of the terms.

The convictions and sentences mark the final federal accounting for crimes that previously left one family without its member and exposed other victims to armed violence. Federal prosecutors must now close the case file, while the Bureau of Prisons will assign both men to facilities designated for long-term violent offenders.

The supervised-release periods that begin after prison will require both men to report regularly to probation officers, maintain employment, and stay clear of new criminal activity or firearms.

This sentencing concludes one thread of federal enforcement against armed carjackings in Baltimore, a category of crime that has drawn repeated attention from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland in recent years. The Department of Justice announcement lists the case among prosecutions that treat carjacking resulting in death as a capital-level federal offense even when the death penalty itself is not sought.