Chicago Man Sentenced to Thirty Years for Hijacking Woman’s Car at Gunpoint
Martavious Robinson was sentenced to thirty years in person for hijacking a woman’s car at gun point.
“IN LATE 2019, MR. ROBINSON AND TWO OTHER MEN, DAYSEAN WASHINGTON-DAVIS AND EMANUEL EMBRY, TERRORIZED DUPAGE COUNTY RESIDENTS DURING A SHORT-LIVED CRIME SPREE, CARJACKING THREE VEHICLES AT GUNPOINT IN TWO-WEEKS’ TIME,” BERLIN SAID. “VIOLENT CRIMES SUCH AS THESE HAVE AN INCREDIBLY CRIPPLING EFFECT ON NOT JUST THE IMMEDIATE VICTIMS, BUT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY AS WELL LEAVING ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOODS FEARFUL FOR THEIR PERSONAL SAFETY. THE THIRTY-YEAR SENTENCE IMPOSED TODAY, AND THE FORTY-YEAR SENTENCES IMPOSED ON MR. ROBINSON’S CO-DEFENDANTS, SENDS A LOUD AND CLEAR MESSAGE TO WOULD-BE OFFENDERS THAT VIOLENT CRIMES IN DUPAGE COUNTY CARRY SIGNIFICANT CONSEQUENCES.”
WHEATON – DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin announced today that a former Chicago man has been sentenced to thirty years in the Illinois Department of Corrections for hijacking a woman’s car at gunpoint from her garage in late 2019. Martavious Robinson, who was a juvenile at the time of the offense and was transferred to adult court at the State’s request, now 21 (d.o.b. 7/30/2002) appeared at his sentencing this afternoon in front of Judge Michael Reidy, who handed down the sentence. On June 28, 2023, following a two-day trial and approximately four hours of deliberations, a jury found Robinson guilty of one count of Aggravated Vehicular Hijacking, a Class X Felony. Robinson’s co-defendants, Emanuel Embry and Daysean Washington-Davis have each previously entered a plea of guilty to one count of Aggravated Vehicular Hijacking in front of Judge Reidy, who sentenced each man to forty years in the Illinois Department of Corrections.
On November 30, 2019, at approximately 6:53 p.m., the Downers Grove Police Department responded to a carjacking that had just occurred on Prairie Avenue. An investigation into the matter found that the victims, a mother and her daughter who had come home for Thanksgiving from college, were sitting in their vehicle after pulling into the garage, when they were approached by a masked, armed individual wearing a dark hoodie, later identified as Robinson. The man ordered the women out of their vehicle and drove off in their car. Further investigation into recent carjackings found that three individuals, Emanuel Embry, 24, and Daysean Washington-Davis, 23, both of Chicago, and Robinson, were involved in an armed carjacking in Warrenville on December 13, 2019, as well as another carjacking in Downers Grove the same day where the defendants carjacked at gunpoint a pregnant woman’s car from her driveway. Through the course of their investigation, authorities apprehended Robinson on December 13, 2019. He has remained in custody since that time. On December 17, 2019, authorities took Washington-Davis into custody from his apartment and several hours later authorities apprehended Embry in Chicago.
“In late 2019, Mr. Robinson and two other men, Daysean Washington-Davis and Emanuel Embry, terrorized DuPage County residents during a short-lived crime spree, carjacking three vehicles at gunpoint in two-weeks’ time,” Berlin said. “Violent crimes such as these have an incredibly crippling effect on not just the immediate victims, but the entire community as well leaving entire neighborhoods fearful for their personal safety. The thirty-year sentence imposed today, and the forty-year sentences imposed on Mr. Robinson’s co-defendants, sends a loud and clear message to would-be offenders that violent crimes in DuPage County carry significant consequences. I thank Assistant State’s Attorneys Kristin Sullivan, Heather Misura and Nick Catizone for their efforts in holding this defendant responsible for his actions.”
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