Overview
- U.S. District Judge Sara L. Ellis sentenced Javon Stingley, 28, to 70 months in federal prison after he pleaded guilty to attempted carjacking.
- Prosecutors say Stingley and two masked accomplices, armed with handguns and driving a stolen Lincoln Aviator, targeted an off-duty deputy at a Dolton gas station.
- The assailants pressed a gun to the deputy’s head, took his service weapon and phone, and then sped off without the car after the deputy’s wife and two young sons got out.
- Prosecutors sought an 84‑month term and wrote that it was a miracle no one was hurt at the crowded station.
- Co-defendant Michael Banks has pleaded guilty in a broader case and is set for sentencing on June 24, while Joseph Smith has pleaded not guilty and awaits trial.