An Upper Darby woman who drove off with an infant inside a vehicle she had just carjacked was sentenced to a mandatory minimum 10 years in a federal prison Wednesday.

Phillis Fugah, 25, was also ordered to serve five years of supervised release under the sentence imposed by U.S. District Court Judge Timothy J. Savage.

Fugah pleaded last year to one count of carjacking and one count of using, carrying and discharging a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence for the carjacking in Upper Darby on Aug. 29, 2024.

According to information previously provided by U.S. Attorney David Metcalf:

Fugah and co-defendant Ian Dean, 22, Philadelphia, approached a Honda Pilot parked on the 7100 block of West Chester Pike, where a man sat in the backseat with his two young children, awaiting his wife’s return.

Dean fled the scene after opening the passenger side door, but Fugah pulled open the front driver’s-side door, got behind the wheel, aimed a gun at the man and demanded money.

The man’s 5-year-old son jumped out of the open door onto the sidewalk. The victim got out of the rear driver’s side door and told Fugah that his infant child was still in the vehicle as he tried to open the front driver’s side door.

Fugah resisted and struggled with the man over the door. She then raised her gun and shot at him, hitting his baseball cap and partially shattering the driver’s side window. A piece of the bullet also struck the window of an occupied SEPTA bus across the street, passing over the heads of several passengers.

Fugah then fled in the Honda, which was soon found a short distance away with the infant inside and unharmed.

Dean was charged with attempted murder, robbery and related offenses when he was arrested two days later. Fugah was charged by indictment in November 2024.

Dean, represented by attorney Elliot Cohen, pleaded guilty before Delaware County Common Pleas Court Judge G. Michael Green in July to conspiracy to theft by unlawful taking, a third-degree felony. He was sentenced to time served with credit from Aug. 31, 2024 to Nov. 14, 2024, and ordered to serve three years of probation.

Dean was prosecuted by Deputy District Attorney Sophia Polites.

Fugah was represented by Angela Levy. Special Assistant U.S. Attorneys Brian Doherty and Sandra Urban prosecuted her case.

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