Aberdeen, MS – A Southaven man was sentenced Tuesday to almost eight years in prison for carjacking.

According to court documents, on September 16, 2024, Lacyrus Green, 27, met two victims in the Walmart parking lot in Southaven to test drive a car the victims had for sale. Upon returning from the test drive, Green brandished a BB gun designed to look like an AR-style pistol and threatened to kill the victims, then took the key fob and stole the car. Green was subsequently apprehended in Memphis.

Senior Judge Sharion Aycock sentenced Green today to 95 months imprisonment. Upon release from prison, Green will be on supervision for a period of three years. He was remanded to the custody of the U.S. Marshal following sentencing.

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