Two Defendants Sentenced for Attempting to Carjack Elderly Victim Outside West Seneca Grocery Store

Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Acting Erie County District Attorney Michael J. Keane announces that 22-year-old Andre A. Washington, Jr., also known as "Dre," of Buffalo was sentenced yesterday afternoon before Erie County Court Judge Kenneth Case to 5 years in prison followed by 5 years of post-release supervision. He was sentenced as a second violent felony offender. His co-defendant, 20-year-old Makeigh A. Brown, also known as "Kye," of Cheektowaga, received a split sentence of 6 months in jail followed by 5 years of probation.

On Tuesday, July 18, 2023, at approximately 7:12 p.m., the defendants, while acting in concert with one another, attempted to forcibly steal a vehicle, a 2023 Kia SUV, from a parking lot outside of a grocery store on Orchard Park Road in the Town of West Seneca. After approaching the elderly victim, one defendant displayed what appeared to be a handgun in an attempt to carjack the victim as he placed groceries inside of the vehicle. The victim thwarted the robbery attempt by kicking one of the defendants, which caused the victim to fall to the ground. Both defendants subsequently fled from the parking lot.

Last month, Washington and Brown pleaded guilty to one count of Attempted Robbery in the Second Degree (Class "D" felony). Both pleaded guilty to the highest charge in full satisfaction of the indictment against them.

Acting DA Keane commends the West Seneca Police Department for their work in this investigation.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorneys Ryan M. Flaherty and Kevin L. Southern of the Felony Trials Bureau.