Bronx Man Carjacked, Killed, Westchester Livery Cab Drivers

YONKERS, NY — A Bronx man was part of a group that carjacked and killed two livery cab drivers from Yonkers. He was found guilty of participating in those crimes as well as two armed robberies in Yonkers.

Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Tyrone Felder, a/k/a “Man Man,” was convicted Thursday on all nine counts of the Indictment following a two-week trial before U.S. District Judge Vincent L. Briccetti.

“Tyrone Felder’s days of reckless and deadly violence are over," Berman said."This unanimous verdict means that Felder will spend the rest of his life in prison, but it will not bring back the two men that Felder murdered.”

On August 5, 2014, Felder participated in the armed carjacking of Maodo Kane. He is the one who shot and killed Kane in the Bronx. He then used the stolen car to participate in two gunpoint robberies of businesses in Yonkers.

A week later, he participated in the carjacking of Aboubacar Bah. During the course of the carjacking, he shot and killed Mr. Bah in the Bronx.

Felder, 29, was found guilty of two counts of carjacking resulting in death, two counts of robbery, four counts of firearms possession, and one count of conspiracy to commit robbery. He faces a maximum potential sentence of life in prison and a mandatory minimum sentence of 100 years in prison, which must run consecutively to any other term of imprisonment imposed. He is scheduled to be sentenced by Judge Briccetti on Jan. 18.

His co-defendants, Kareem Martin, a/k/a “Jamal Walker,” Takiem Ewing, a/k/a “Mulla,” and Tommy Smalls, a/k/a “Tommy Guns,” previously pled guilty to participating in the fatal carjackings described above.

Berman praised the outstanding investigative work of the New York City Police Department, the City of Yonkers Police Department, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Westchester County Safe Streets Task Force.

The case is being handled by the Office’s White Plains Division. Assistant United States Attorneys Hagan Scotten, Anden Chow, Scott Hartman, Michael Gerber, and Celia Cohen are in charge of the prosecution.

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