Leader of 2024 Armed Robbery, Carjacking Spree Sentenced to 180 Months

WASHINGTON – Kanard Bishop, 28, of the District of Columbia, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 180 months in prison in connection with a violent spree of armed robberies and carjackings that spanned six weeks and 13 incidents across the District of Columbia and Maryland, announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro. “Violent conduct and a blatant disregard for human life have no place in the District,” said U.S. Attorney Pirro. "This sentence sends an unmistakable message: those who bring violence to our communities will be found, prosecuted, and held accountable. The people who live, work, and visit our Nation’s Capital deserve safety and security, and we will continue working every day to deliver it.” Bishop pleaded guilty on March 26, 2026, before Judge Rudolph Contreras to conspiracy to interfere with interstate commerce by robbery and to using and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence. In addition to the 180-month prison sentence, Judge Contreras ordered Bishop to serve five years of supervised release. Federal prosecutors had requested a 252-month prison term. Co-defendants Edward Leroy Brown, 26, aka “Shiesty,” and Khalil Boyd, 20, pleaded guilty to the same charges on March 26 and were sentenced today to 150 months and 144 months, respectively. According to court papers, beginning on Feb. 14, 2024, and continuing through March 28, 2024, Bishop and his co-conspirators agreed to rob retail stores and carjack victims at gunpoint across the District and Maryland, carrying out or attempting at least 13 separate robberies and carjackings. The conspiracy began on Feb. 14, 2024, when Bishop and Brown entered a convenience store in Capitol Heights, Maryland, pointed firearms at an employee, and demanded cash. Unable to open the register, they fled to a nearby McDonald’s, where they opened the drive-through window from the outside and pointed a firearm at an employee before fleeing again. On March 17, 2024, Bishop and a co-conspirator carjacked two victims at gunpoint in the 4300 block of Southern Avenue SE, stealing a 2008 Mercedes-Benz along with cell phones, a wallet, identification, a credit card, and $2,000 in cash. The pace of the conspiracy accelerated on March 20, 2024. In the early morning hours, Bishop and Boyd carjacked a victim near 35th Street NE, stealing his 2018 Dodge Durango. Using the stolen vehicle, the group attempted a second McDonald’s drive-through robbery, robbed a Denny’s restaurant on Benning Road NE, where Bishop ripped the cash register off the counter, attempted a robbery at a second McDonald’s in Landover, Maryland, robbed a 7-Eleven in Landover, where Bishop jumped the counter to grab the register, and robbed a convenience store in District Heights, forcing an employee inside at gunpoint and stealing cash and tobacco products. On March 27, 2024, Bishop and Boyd carjacked another motorist at a gas station in District Heights, knocking him to the ground during a struggle before fleeing in his 2022 Dodge Challenger. Later that day, the pair approached two FedEx employees working in a delivery truck in Southeast Washington, pointed firearms at both workers, and stole their wallets, cellphones, and four packages. The conspiracy ended on March 28, 2024, at a GameStop in District Heights. Bishop and Brown entered the store, struck an employee, and demanded that workers open the cash registers and safe. When police arrived, both men fled on foot with firearms. A detective shot Brown in the lower body as he fled, and Bishop discarded his loaded firearm before he was apprehended. Boyd, who had waited outside in the stolen Challenger, fled the scene, carjacked another driver at gunpoint, and crashed into two police cruisers before he was taken into custody. Joining U.S. Attorney Pirro in the announcement was FBI Assistant Director in Charge Darren B. Cox of the Washington Field Office. The case was investigated by the FBI Washington Field Office Violent Crime Task Force and the Metropolitan Police Department’s Carjacking Task Force, with valuable assistance from the Prince George’s County Police Department. The matter was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Joshua Satter. Defendant later identified as Bishop enters a convenience store in Capitol Heights with a firearm during a Feb. 14, 2024, attempted armed robbery. Suspect points a firearm with a laser sight at a restaurant employee during the March 20, 2024 armed robbery of a Denny’s. 24cr179