Dieuverson Caille, pictured, was sentenced to more than 20 years in prison Wednesday for multiple carjackings in Brooklyn.
Photo courtesy of the US Department of Justice.
A Brooklyn gang member was sentenced Wednesday to more than 20 years in prison for multiple armed carjackings that took place in his home borough during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, authorities said.
Dieuverson Caille, 22, who was convicted of four carjackings following a one-week trial in March, was sentenced to 24 ½ years in prison Oct. 18 for his crimes, according to the U.S. District Attorney’s office.
Caille, along with accomplices, was sentenced for robbing his victims at gunpoint between August 2020 and June 2021, according to prosecutors. He targeted drivers throughout the borough— including in Flatbush, East New York and Canarsie—and stole their iPhones and cash.
“The defendant terrorized Brooklyn by committing a string of violent crimes against random, innocent people,” said U.S. Attorney Brion Peace in a statement Wednesday. “The city is a safer place because of today’s sentence.”
Caille’s first carjacking took place on Aug. 28, 2020, when he targeted a man at gunpoint who was driving an Infiniti in Flatbush. He, along with two accomplices, forced the victim into the backseat and drove him to an ATM to withdraw money.
The victim escaped by jumping out of a car window, authorities said.
In another incident, on Sept. 3, 2020, Caille and several accomplices carjacked a man in a Chevrolet Malibu at gunpoint in Flatbush and pistol whipped him before robbing him.
Two months later, Caille, acting alone, carjacked a man behind the wheel of a BMW who was working as a rideshare driver in Flatbush. The following day, Caille crashed the vehicle and struck a pedestrian.
On June 20, 2021, Caille and an accomplice carjacked the driver of a Porsche at gunpoint in East New York, according to court records.
Caille, who also goes by the name “Savage,” has a lengthy…
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