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Man who carjacked U.S. Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon sent to prison for 7-plus years

Josiah Brown, 21, apologized for stealing Scanlon's 2017 Acura MDX at gunpoint — a crime that drew national attention to Philadelphia’s carjacking epidemic due to the high profile of its victim.

U.S. Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon speaks during a press conference at Upper Darby High School in Drexel Hill in February 2022.
U.S. Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon speaks during a press conference at Upper Darby High School in Drexel Hill in February 2022.Read moreJose F. Moreno/ Staff Photographer