Teen Carjacking Ring Member Gets 40 Years for Violent Rideshare Crime Spree in Maryland
A Baltimore-area man convicted in a 2022 violent rideshare-related carjackings, kidnappings, and a sexual assault was sentenced to decades in prison, authorities announced Tuesday.
Corique Moseley, 18, received a 75-year sentence in Baltimore County Circuit Court, with all but 40 years suspended. Judge Cahill ordered that Moseley serve at least 30 years without the possibility of parole, followed by five years of supervised probation. He will also be required to register as a sex offender for life.
Prosecutors said Moseley was part of a six-member group responsible for more than 40 violent incidents across Maryland between November 2022 and January 2023. The group used rideshare platforms such as Uber and Lyft to target drivers, whom they carjacked at gunpoint before using the stolen vehicles to commit additional robberies.
Attorney General Brown said, “This sentence delivers justice to the victims whose lives were upended by this senseless violence and underscores that our Office will not tolerate the kind of brutality that shatters lives and erodes the safety every Marylander deserves.”
Victims were often forced into trunks or held in back seats while the suspects picked up other passengers and robbed them. In several cases, victims were held for hours and coerced into withdrawing money from bank accounts through ATMs and mobile payment apps.
Moseley was convicted in December 2025 on 31 counts following a six-day jury trial. Evidence showed he took part in at least four armed carjackings and robberies, frequently using a handgun to threaten victims. Prosecutors said he and his co-defendants also kidnapped victims and threatened to kill them and their families if they resisted or contacted police.
In one incident, authorities said Moseley sexually assaulted a woman at gunpoint while an accomplice forced another victim to withdraw cash from multiple ATMs. The victim later identified Moseley in a photo lineup. He was convicted of a third-degree sexual offense involving force or threat of force. Moseley was a minor at the time of the crimes.
All five of his co-defendants have pleaded guilty. Several have already been sentenced, receiving prison terms ranging from seven to 25 years to serve. One remaining defendant is scheduled to be sentenced in July.
Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown said the group “robbed, assaulted, and terrorized dozens of Marylanders,” adding that the sentence reflects the severity of the crimes and their lasting impact on victims.
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Gang Retaliation Killing and Fentanyl Ring Bring Life Sentence, Prison Terms for Minneapolis Men
Two Minneapolis men tied to a violent street gang and a fentanyl trafficking network have been sentenced to lengthy prison terms, including life behind bars for a gang-related murder, federal authorities announced.
Tyreese Giles, 25, was sentenced April 23 to life in prison after a jury convicted him of racketeering conspiracy tied to the activities of the “Highs,” a Minneapolis gang involved in murder, drug trafficking, and other violent crimes. Prosecutors said the conviction included his role in a 2021 retaliatory killing.
Ernest Ketter, 30, an associate of the same group, was sentenced April 29 to 95 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release after a separate jury found him guilty of conspiracy to distribute fentanyl.
According to trial evidence, the Highs operated in north Minneapolis and engaged in a range of criminal activity, including shootings, robberies, assaults, and narcotics trafficking. Giles’ conviction stemmed in part from a fatal shooting carried out hours after a gang associate was killed in September 2021.
“These defendants terrorized their communities,” said Assistant Attorney General A. Tysen Duva of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division. “Members of this gang armed themselves and hunted down suspected rivals on the streets of Minneapolis and openly sold fentanyl, an extremely deadly drug. These sentences exemplify the Criminal Division’s unwavering commitment to holding gang members and their associates accountable and to restoring safety to communities plagued by violence.”
Authorities said that after learning of the earlier killing, Giles and others sought revenge against suspected members of a rival group known as the “Lows.” Surveillance footage showed Giles outside a Minneapolis market, where he opened fire on a man believed to be connected to the rival gang. The victim was shot and killed as he attempted to flee.
“The Highs and their associates caused untold damage to our community,” said Special Agent in Charge Christopher D. Dotson of the FBI Minneapolis Field Office. “These defendants were part of a racketeering organization engaged in murder, gun crimes, assaults, robberies, and fentanyl trafficking. The sentences handed down in this case cannot repair the death and destruction these defendants created, but they should send a message to others seeking to glorify crime and violence at the expense of our neighborhoods. The FBI and our partners will use every available resource to stop those who seek to prey on our communities.”
Ketter, meanwhile, was identified as a significant supplier of fentanyl to members of the Highs. Evidence presented at trial showed that a 2022 search of his residence uncovered illegal firearms, including a machine gun, as well as drug packaging materials and fentanyl pills and powder. Investigators also cited text messages indicating that gang members owed Ketter money for large quantities of drugs he had distributed.
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Top Los Zetas Leader Admits Role in Massive Drug Conspiracy, Faces Life in Prison
A high-ranking member of the notoriously violent Los Zetas cartel has pleaded guilty in U.S. federal court to trafficking massive quantities of drugs into the United States, authorities said.
Daniel Perez Rojas, also known as “Cachetes” and “Cacheton 49,” admitted to participating in a conspiracy to distribute cocaine and marijuana for importation into the United States. He faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in prison and could receive life behind bars when he is sentenced on Oct. 30.
“Daniel Perez Rojas was a high-ranking member of Los Zetas Cartel, one of the most violent drug trafficking organizations in Mexico that trafficked massive amounts of cocaine and marijuana into the United States,” said Assistant Attorney General A. Tysen Duva of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division. “Perez Rojas was responsible for rampant violence, corruption, and intimidation in Mexico and elsewhere that allowed the cartel’s rampant drug trafficking to continue.”
Prosecutors said Perez Rojas was a senior figure in Los Zetas, a cartel originally formed by former Mexican military personnel that became one of the most feared criminal organizations in Mexico. He defected from a Mexican special forces unit in 2001 to join the group and later rose through its ranks, serving in security roles before being named a successor to cartel leader Heriberto Lazcano Lazcano in 2007.
“Daniel Perez Rojas, a high-ranking member of the Los Zetas cartel, was transferred to the United States in August, and today pled guilty to federal drug charges,” said Chief of Operations Matthew W. Allen of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
Court documents describe Perez Rojas as deeply involved in both the cartel’s drug trafficking operations and its campaign of violence and intimidation. In 2008, he traveled to Guatemala as part of an effort to expand Los Zetas’ operations, meeting with government officials and drug traffickers to secure supply routes for cocaine.
During one such meeting, authorities said Perez Rojas and other cartel members murdered a rival trafficker along with several associates and bodyguards.
Perez Rojas was transferred from Mexico to the United States in August 2025 to face charges. Federal officials said the case underscores ongoing efforts to target senior leaders of transnational criminal organizations responsible for violence and drug trafficking that impact communities in the United States.
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