2 Indicted For Delco, Philly Armed Carjacking Spree: Feds

SPRINGFIELD, PA — Federal authorities have indicted two Philadelphia men for armed carjackings in Springfield and Delaware County.

United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams said Tarik Chambers, 20, and Nikeem Leach-Hilton, 22, both of Philadelphia, were charged by Indictment with conspiracy, three counts of carjacking, three counts of carrying a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, and related charges in connection with a spate of armed carjackings in Philadelphia and Delaware County late last year.

Authorities allege that in the early morning hours of Dec. 19, 2021, Chambers and Leach-Hiltoncarjacked two victims at gunpoint in the Lawncrest section of Philadelphia.

Then just 20 minutes later, authorities said the two carjacked two more victims at gunpoint in the Germantown section of Philadelphia.

Lastly, the two are accused of using a privately made "ghost" gun to carjack yet another victim at gunpoint about six hours later in the rear parking lot of a retail store along Baltimore Pike in Springfield.

Chambers and Leach-Hilton fled from the police, leading officers from multiple agencies on a high-speed car chase through Delaware County before crashing into another vehicle, causing severe, life-threatening injuries, including broken bones and significant head trauma, to the other driver.

Earlier this month, Williams announced that the two were charged by Criminal Complaint with the Delaware County carjacking.

The new indictment formally charges them in connection with all three carjackings and related offenses.

If convicted on all charges, Chambers and Leach-Hilton face a mandatory 21 years in prison, with a maximum possible sentence of life.