PHILADELPHIA, PA — A Philadelphia man was sentenced Thursday to 9½ years in federal prison for a 2024 gunpoint carjacking that ended when the stolen vehicle crashed into a city residence following a police pursuit, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
U.S. District Judge Joel H. Slomsky sentenced Nasir Warlow, 21, to 114 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release.
Warlow pleaded guilty in February to one count of carjacking and one count of using and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence. A federal grand jury had indicted him in March 2025.
According to court filings and statements cited by prosecutors, Warlow and two accomplices approached a man who was parking a silver 2017 Nissan Sentra on the 6700 block of Woodland Avenue at about 5:08 a.m. Sept. 3, 2024.
Prosecutors stated that Warlow approached the driver’s side, pointed a firearm at the victim and ordered him from the vehicle while the two accomplices approached from the passenger side. The three men then allegedly entered the Nissan and fled north on 68th Street.
Philadelphia police later spotted the vehicle near Cobbs Creek Parkway and Baltimore Avenue and began a pursuit, according to federal prosecutors.
The pursuit ended on the 300 block of Horton Street, where prosecutors stated that Warlow crashed the Nissan into the front porch of a residence, significantly damaging the home and vehicle.
The Philadelphia Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Sandra Urban prosecuted it.
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