St. Thomas resident Troy Jamson Normil, 19, was sentenced to 124 months in federal prison by District Court Judge Curtis V. Gomez Thursday for carjacking and brandishing a firearm during the commission of a crime of violence, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe has announced.
Normil pleaded guilty on Nov. 26, 2014 to carjacking a scooter and brandishing a firearm during the crime.
Normil admitted that on Dec. 23, 2013, at approximately 10 p.m., the victim was traveling up Suicide Hill in St. Thomas when Normil and an accomplice blocked his path with a light-colored SUV. Normil and his accomplice approached the victim and Normil pointed a firearm at the victim demanding money.
The victim informed Normil that he had no money and Normil told the victim he would take his scooter. Normil then took the victim's scooter and his cellular telephone, and drove away in the SUV. The damaged scooter was later found, but the cellular telephone was never recovered.
In addition to a prison term, Normil was sentenced to five years of supervised release, a $200 special assessment and ordered to pay restitution to the victim for his losses.
The case was investigated by the Virgin Islands Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. It was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Nelson L. Jones.
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