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Prosecutor: Man could spend life in prison for crime spree

Published  January 31, 2020 10:53pm EST
Georgia
Associated Press

SAVANNAH, Ga. - A Georgia man who admitted to being involved in a string of armed robberies and carjackings could be sentenced to life in prison, according to prosecutors.

Demetrius Lamar Jackson, 30, pleaded guilty to multiple charges Wednesday, U.S. Attorney Bobby Christine told news outlets in a release Wednesday.

Jackson and an accomplice were accused of at least five robberies and at least three carjackings in Georgia and South Carolina in the span of about three weeks in November 2018, according to news outlets.

The crime spree ended when an employee at a cell phone store shot Jackson during an armed robbery in Columbia, South Carolina.

Jackson entered guilty pleas Wednesday for discharging and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to crimes of violence, carjacking, robbery and conspiracy to use and carry firearms during crimes of violence, according to news outlets. The mandatory minimum sentence is 17 years in prison, Christine said.