Plea changes in carjacking case of New Orleans District Attorney Jason Williams
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO)— Three of the four teenage suspects in the case of District Attorney Jason Williams' carjacking has changed their plea.
On the night of Oct. 16, 2023, Williams and his mother were carjacked at gun point. The incident happened as Williams helped her into the car preparing to bring her home.
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That's when he said two masked men got out of a vehicle with handguns, pointed it at his head and ordered him to 'give up the car.'
'I put my hands in the air, attempted to comply, but I was very clear that I could not give up the car until I got my mother out of the car,' Williams said in 2023.
The suspects drove off in the vehicle and Williams called 911.
Through an investigation, the suspects were found, arrested and charged as adults.
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In court on Friday, June 6, three suspects Dijohn Curtis, Amajha Curtis, and Santana Gilmore, who originally pleaded not guilty to two separate incidents, changed their plea to guilty on three counts of armed carjacking.
The fourth suspect, Ahmad Seals did not change his plea and is set to begin trial on Oct. 27, the same the others will be sentenced.Plea changes in carjacking case of New Orleans District Attorney Jason Williams
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