A West Haven man who was charged in a carjacking case in Meriden on Jan. 1, 2016 has been found guilty.
Don Meeker, 30, of West Haven, was the third person charged in the case.
Federal authorities said the victims were driving a rented 2015 Volkswagen Passat near Hobart Street and Myrtle Street in Meriden when they stopped to ask for directions to a gas station.
Authorities said Kyle Valentine, of New Haven, told the victims to follow his car and they did until Valentine stopped after a few minutes. That’s when another person pointed a handgun at one of the victims who was sitting in the passenger seat of the car, opened the door and said, “I want everything,” according to the U.S. attorney’s office.
The victims got out of the car and Valentine and the other person stole their wallets and cell phones and drove away in the Passat, according to federal authorities.
Meeker was charged with taking a motor vehicle from a person by force or by intimidation. A jury returned a guilty verdict Tuesday.
He will be sentenced on March 14.
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Valentine and Elbert Lorens, also of New Haven, previously pleaded guilty to charges related to the carjacking. Llorens was sentenced on March 20 to 60 months in prison. Valentine has not yet been sentenced.
