DETROIT (WWJ) – A Detroit man has been sentenced to nearly two decades in federal prison for two carjacking incidents over the last two years, including one where he shot a man at a Detroit gas station.
Deloneo Breham, 32, was sentenced in federal court to 235 months for carjacking and discharging a firearm during a violent crime, U.S. Attorney Dawn Ison announced Tuesday. His sentence will be followed by six years of supervised release.
Breham has been in custody since he was arrested while hiding in a bush following the February 22, 2021 shooting.
The carjacking happened at a gas station on Gratiot Avenue in Detroit. Prosecutors said Breham, armed with a handgun, approached a man pumping gas into his truck and told the man to give him his keys.
When the victim refused, Breham shot him in the leg, according to court documents.
As Breham was climbing into the truck, the victim – a valid CPL holder – got his own gun and shot Breham, who then fled the scene on foot. It was not clear how badly Breham was injured after being shot.
Less than 10 minutes later, Detroit police officers found him hiding in the nearby bush.
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Authorities say six months before that failed carjacking, Breham carjacked a woman at her home.
Isom’s office says the woman returned home with her young children and found Breham inside her house with a gun. He pointed a gun at her and demanded the keys to her car.
When she refused, officials say Breham told her “I don’t want to do this in front of your kids.” She then gave him the keys and he left the house.
The woman’s car was recovered from the Suez Motel on 8 Mile Road the next day.
“Carjackers create an unacceptable risk of physical harm or death and erode the overall sense of safety and security in our community,” Ison said, per a press release. “We are committed to bringing the full weight of the justice system to bear on individuals who are making our neighborhoods unsafe and who prey upon our citizens.”
