Man Sentenced Life Plus 40 Years For Carjacking: Report

LAWRENCEVILLE, GA — A carjacker didn't make it far after stealing a Chevrolet Camaro, according to reports, because he got stuck in traffic. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that Theandre Haggins, 27, was convicted on Aug. 23 of several charges related to the crime.

Haggins, also known as Denzel Morris, met a couple who was selling a 2013 Camaro in the Lawrenceville Walmart parking lot on Feb. 2, 2017. They had facilitated the meet up through Craigslist, the Journal-Constitution reports.

The couple didn't let Haggins take the Camaro for a test drive so he pointed a gun at the two and demanded the title, according to the outlet. He then got the title and drove off, reports say.

They called police, who found Haggins less than 10 minutes later on Sugarloaf Parkway stuck in traffic.

The Journal-Constitution reports the DA's office as saying in Haggins' trial, the jury came to a guilty verdict in under 20 minutes and that Haggins "refused to acknowledge any wrongdoing or show remorse."

Haggins was sentenced to life plus forty years in prison.

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