SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – On February 26, 2026, U.S. District Court Judge Aida Delgado-Colón sentenced Ángel Ramdyel Edwards to 72 months (six years) in prison followed by five years of supervised release for using a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, announced W. Stephen Muldrow, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico.According to court documents, on June 23, 2025, a female victim was on Route 829 in Bayamón, PR, when she noticed a vehicle following her. The female victim saw the vehicle speed past her and simultaneously cut her off in the middle of the lane.
Defendant Ángel Ramdyel Edwards exited the passenger side of the vehicle, pointed a gun at the victim’s head, ordered her out of her vehicle and took off with her vehicle.The victim stopped a car traveling on the road and asked the driver for help, informing the driver she had just been carjacked. The victim called 911, reported that she had just been carjacked and told the operator that she had witnessed her own vehicle drive past. Puerto Rico police officers responded and attempted to conduct a vehicle stop. The defendant fled at a high rate of speed and crashed while attempting to evade officers.
Shortly thereafter police arrested the defendant.The defendant was indicted on July 2, 2025. On November 20, 2025, Edwards plead guilty to one count of using, carrying, and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence.U.S. Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow of the District of Puerto Rico and Claudia Dubravetz, Acting Special Agent in Charge of FBI San Juan made the announcement.The Federal Bureau of Investigation was in charge of the investigation with the collaboration of the Puerto Rico Police Department.
Special Assistant United States Attorney Luis Rivera-Méndez from the Puerto Rico Department of Justice prosecuted the case.# # #