New Orleans男子持步枪抢劫银行10,241美元并向多名司机开枪劫车：对五项罪名认罪，面临最高终身监禁
美国路易斯安那州 New Orleans：联邦检察官办公室路易斯安那东区办公室宣布，41岁的 Joseph Carsice 已于10月20日对五项罪名认罪，包括持械抢劫银行、在暴力犯罪中持有枪支，以及三项劫车未遂；量刑聆讯定于2027年1月16日举行。仅持枪一项，他即面临5年强制最低刑至终身监禁，且该刑期必须与任何其他刑期连续执行。
据法庭文件，2023年12月15日，Carsice 持步枪走进位于 Canal Street 的一家银行，向出纳索要现金。出纳把10,241美元装进他扔在柜台上的袋子。逃离过程中，Carsice 拦下多名司机并向他们的车辆开枪，企图劫车逃跑。
按检察官办公室公布的量刑范围：持械抢劫银行一项最高可判25年监禁及25万美元罚款；在暴力犯罪中持有枪支一项为5年强制最低刑至终身监禁、另可处25万美元罚款；三项劫车未遂每项最高可判15年监禁及25万美元罚款。
本案由联邦调查局（FBI）New Orleans 暴力犯罪工作组调查，助理联邦检察官 Sarah Dawkins 负责起诉，联邦检察官 David I. Courcelle 公布了认罪消息。此案属于司法部在全国94个联邦司法区推进的「安全社区计划」（Project Safe Neighborhoods），该计划联合各级执法与检控力量打击暴力犯罪。
New Orleans Man Pleads Guilty to Armed Bank Robbery and Shooting at Drivers in Carjacking Attempts
New Orleans, Louisiana — A 41-year-old man has pleaded guilty to five federal charges, including armed bank robbery, possessing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, and three counts of attempted carjacking, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana announced. Joseph Carsice entered the guilty plea on October 20, 2026, and is set for sentencing on January 16, 2027. On the firearm count alone, he faces a mandatory minimum of five years up to life imprisonment, which must run consecutively to any other term.
According to court documents, on December 15, 2023, Carsice entered a bank located on Canal Street in New Orleans armed with a rifle and demanded cash from the tellers. The tellers complied, filling the bag Carsice threw on the counter with $10,241 in U.S. currency. During his attempt to flee, Carsice confronted multiple drivers and fired upon their vehicles in an attempt to carjack them and escape.
Under the penalties announced by the U.S. Attorney's Office, the armed bank robbery count carries a maximum of 25 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000; the firearm count carries a mandatory minimum of five years up to life imprisonment and a fine of up to $250,000; and each attempted carjacking count carries up to 15 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000.
The case was investigated by the FBI New Orleans Violent Crime Task Force and is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Sarah Dawkins of the Violent Crime Unit. U.S. Attorney David I. Courcelle announced the plea. The case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods, the Department of Justice's nationwide initiative to combat violent crime.
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图片来源：照片：路易斯安那州New Orleans市中心Canal Street与LaSalle Street路口（Infrogmation 摄，CC BY-SA 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons，资料图）
