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Lafayette Davenport Sentenced to 90 Months for San Francisco AIDS Foundation Carjacking

He faces five years of supervised release after admitting in February that he threatened a nonprofit driver with a firearm.

Overview

  • The 30-year-old approached an AIDS Foundation employee in the Tenderloin on August 24, 2023, wearing a ski mask and pointed a pistol while stealing the marked vehicle along with the driver’s watch and keys.
  • Davenport pleaded guilty on February 11 to three federal counts: carjacking, brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a violent crime, and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
  • Senior U.S. District Judge William Alsup imposed the 90-month prison term on May 28 and ordered Davenport to pay $500 in restitution.
  • FBI and San Francisco Police Department officers arrested him on February 22, 2024, finding the ski mask and loaded pistol used during the carjacking.
  • Court records show Davenport was on probation for prior felonies, including second-degree automobile burglary, at the time of his arrest.