Overview
- Damarri Conner, who pleaded guilty earlier this year, was sentenced Wednesday to 14½ years by U.S. District Judge Sunil R. Harjani.
- In the Beverly backyard on Nov. 2, 2023, surveillance video showed Conner punch a woman, point a loaded gun at her, and leave with the family’s Audi after her husband tried to defuse the attack.
- Prosecutors say days later he fled police in the stolen Audi, then on Nov. 14 used keys taken in the assault to steal the family’s Range Rover before officers tracked it and arrested him hiding in a closet.
- A federal filing says a recorded jail call captured Conner giving permission to hurt his stepfather, who had identified him during the investigation.
- Co-defendant Kenneth Merritt also pleaded guilty, and police linked him to the case with video of him using the victim’s American Express card at a BP station; his sentencing is scheduled for June 9.