2 Indicted For Armed Carjacking In Nassau: Feds

GARDEN CITY, NY — Two men were arraigned on Wednesday in federal court in connection to a Garden City carjacking, prosecutors said.

Abdoul Azika, 20, and Jaquell Blackwell, 19, both of the Bronx, were arrested in connection with a complaint charging them with armed carjacking, U.S. Attorney Breon Peace said.

Azika and Blackwell were members of the violent “5zzly” crew of the Bronx-based Blood Hounds Brims gang that has engaged in a string of armed carjackings and robberies across New York City and Long Island, Peace said.

One such incident, as charged in the complaint, took place in the early morning hours of March 19, 2023, when Azika and Blackwell snuck up on and opened the doors of a vehicle parked in a residential neighborhood in Garden City, pointed a knife and a gun at the driver’s face, and told him to "get the f*** out of the car," before driving off with the vehicle, prosecutors said.

"For more than a year, Azika and Blackwell terrorized and traumatized innocent members of our community through a pattern of violent, armed carjackings," Peace said.

"Abdoul Azika and Jaquell Blackwell, two Blood Hounds Brims gang members, allegedly demonstrated a pattern of violence and intimidation by forcing residents to surrender
their vehicles at weapon-point," FBI Assistant Director in Charge James Dennehy said.

If convicted, the defendants face a maximum of 15 years in prison.