BEAUMONT, Texas — A 22-year-old Louisiana man faces federal charges for a violent crime spree in Jefferson County that included two carjackings, a shooting and an attempted convenience store robbery in October 2023, prosecutors announced.

Bracelon Armon Charles, 22, of Sunset, Louisiana, was named in a six-count federal indictment returned by a grand jury in the Eastern District of Texas this week. The charges include two counts of carjacking, two counts of brandishing or using a firearm during a violent crime, and a Hobbs Act robbery.

Charles and a juvenile engaged in the crime spree that began with an attempted carjacking in Beaumont where the vehicle's owner was shot, according to the indictment. The suspects then successfully carjacked another vehicle in Port Arthur and attempted t

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