Two metro Atlanta men have been sentenced in federal court for the 2013 attempted robbery of a shipping company near Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in which the business owner was carjacked, abducted, pistol-whipped and left lying in a stream behind an abandoned house.
Frederick Todd Anderson, 26, of Riverdale, was sentenced to 19 years, 7 months in prison to be followed by five years of supervised release, and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $8,060, and David Starks, 30, of College Park, was sentenced to 11 years, 11 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $8,060.
A third defendant, Deshawn Antoine Mackey, 19, of Riverdale, was sentenced earlier to five years in federal prison. Two juvenile co-defendants will be tried in state court, according to Bob Page, spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s office.
“This was a terrifying and horrific crime that left the victim with lasting injuries,” U.S. Attorney Sally Quillian Yates said. “No one should suffer like this victim. The defendants struck the victim, stole his car, and beat him to get his ATM PIN number before they finally left him for dead in a stream behind an abandoned house.”
The victim, who spoke at the sentencing hearings, told the court that he believed that he was going to be killed and that even though he suffered some permanent injury from the beating, he is back at work.
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