Court upholds carjacking conviction against Marietta man
The federal appeals court in Atlanta on Wednesday upheld carjacking and firearms convictions against a Marietta man who stole a family's SUV after holding a gun to the head of a 2-year-old.
Eduardo Vega was sentenced to 16 years and six months in prison for the June 1, 2007, carjacking and terrorizing a family of six that had pulled into a restaurant parking lot on Fulton Industrial Boulevard. Federal prosecutors said Vega, after stealing the SUV, fled the scene and later fired shots at pursuing Fulton County police before being arrested later that day.
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