Milwaukee man sentenced to 16 years in prison for 2015 armed carjacking

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- 25-year-old Broderick Moore was sentenced to 16 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for his involvement in a 2015 armed carjacking. In July 2017, a federal jury found Mr. Moore guilty of carjacking and showing a gun during a crime of violence.

On July 16, 2015, at about 10:20 a.m., Moore carjacked a 73-year-old woman, across the street from Wick Field, in Milwaukee. The evidence established that Mr. Moore pointed a loaded gun at the victim’s head, threatened to shoot her, and demanded the keys to her Toyota Avalon. Mr. Moore’s co-defendant, Robert Ellis, orchestrated the sale of the car immediately after the carjacking. Robert Ellis and co-defendant Sean Harvey then drove to the victim’s home and stole her Honda Accord.

Mr. Moore’s co-defendants, Robert A. Ellis and Sean Harvey pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting Mr. Moore in the carjacking. Mr. Ellis was sentenced to 11 years and 8 months in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release. Mr. Harvey was sentenced to 4 years in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release.