Four city men sentenced in carjack string
Four Philadelphia men were given long prison sentences by a federal court judge yesterday for a string of carjackings, including one in 1966 that involved them all.
Four Philadelphia men were given long prison sentences by a federal court judge yesterday for a string of carjackings, including one in 1966 that involved them all.
Sampson Bleh and Bangali Donzo, both 21; Toylawuo Galtogbah, 23; and Augustine Mansary, 24, entered guilty pleas in 2006 and 2007. The four were charged in a Nov. 1, 2006, carjacking of a woman and her Lexus in Philadelphia, and with using and carrying a firearm during the crime. The day after the carjacking, Philadelphia police arrested Donzo on a disorderly-conduct charge, and found the Lexus registration in his pocket.
Bleh was also charged with the Nov. 15, 2006, carjacking of a woman and her Toyota Sequoia in her Drexel Hill driveway. Galtogbah was charged with a March 1, 2007, carjacking in the city.
Bleh and Galtogbah each was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Bleh was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $43,803; Galtogbah, $68,391. Donzo was sentenced to 80 months in prison and ordered to pay $43,803. Mansary was sentenced to 90 months in prison and ordered to pay $43,803. The case was investigated by Upper Darby and Philadelphia police and the FBI. - Howard Shapiro