Mounds View Woman and Saint Paul Man Plead Guilty to Armed Carjacking in Minneapolis

MINNEAPOLIS - A Mounds View woman and a Saint Paul man have pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting carjacking, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.

According to court documents, on October 6, 2023, Isis Martinaz Brent, a.k.a. Jayda Marie White, 20, and her codefendant Carvon Antonio Saine, 19, approached an elderly victim who had just parked a 2013 Chevrolet Malibu on the street in South Minneapolis. Brent brandished a Carl Walther 9mm semiautomatic pistol and demanded the victim's keys. During the carjacking, an associate of Brent's forcefully snatched the victim's bags, causing the victim to fall and suffer bodily injury on their hands and knees. The Malibu experienced mechanical issues and was later found abandoned. A short time later, Brent and Saine approached a second victim in a parking lot on Chicago Avenue South. Brent knocked on the window, demanded the victim's keys, and again brandished the Walther semiautomatic pistol at the victim. The second victim was able to escape the attempted carjacking.

Brent pleaded guilty earlier this week to one count of aiding and abetting a carjacking in U.S. District Court before Judge John R. Tunheim. Saine pleaded guilty on September 11, 2024. Sentencing hearings will be scheduled at a later date.

This case is the result of an investigation conducted by the Minneapolis Police Department and the FBI.

Assistant U.S. Attorney David Green is prosecuting the case.