Man convicted in carjackings outside Wawa stores in Delaware County – NBC10 Philadelphia

A 21-year-old Delaware man has been sentenced to more than 23 years in prison in connection with two armed carjackings outside Wawa stores in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced.

Keenan Righter of New Castle was sentenced Tuesday by Chief U.S. District Judge Mitchell S. Goldberg to 280 months in prison, five years of supervised release, $1,919 in restitution and a $500 assessment, officials said.

Officials said a jury convicted Righter in May of conspiracy, two counts of carjacking and two counts of using or carrying a firearm during a violent crime stemming from his role in the two carjacking incidents. Righter’s co-defendant Jamar Miller pleaded guilty to these crimes in March 2023 and is awaiting sentencing.

On January 14, 2023, around 9 p.m., officials said Righter and others drove in Miller’s car to a Wawa on Route 322 in Upper Chichester Township, Delaware County. Righter and another unknown man then ambushed a 23-year-old student who was walking to his car.

According to officials, the men, each brandishing firearms and wearing masks, demanded the victim’s car at gunpoint. They hit the victim in the back of the head with a gun and fled in the victim’s car.

Then, around 1:30 a.m. on January 24, 2023, officials say Righter and another man drove in Miller’s car to a Wawa on Edgmont Avenue in Brookhaven, Delaware County.

Once again, they wore masks and carried firearms as they carjacked a 33-year-old victim at gunpoint in the Wawa parking lot, officials said. The men struck the victim in the head several times with a firearm while stealing his belongings and fled the scene in his car.

Officials said Righter was apprehended following an intensive investigation by the FBI Philadelphia’s Newtown Square Resident Agency, in conjunction with the Brookhaven and Upper Chichester police departments.

Digital forensic evidence and more linked Righter to both carjackings.

“Imagine the shock of a violent ambush on a Wawa flight, anything,” Romero said. “Keenan Righter targeted and terrorized total strangers just to steal their cars. Armed criminals who think they can victimize innocent people with impunity should take a closer look at the 23-year prison sentence of 21-year-old Mr. Righter. Keep doing what you’re doing, and you’ll earn your own long stay in one of our federal facilities.