Nathaniel N. Germany Jr., 26, Kansas City, Kan., was charged in U.S. District Court with one count of carjacking, one count of brandishing a firearm during the carjacking, and one count of unlawful possession of a firearm following a felony conviction.
The crimes are alleged to have occurred Sept. 1 and Sept. 8, 2015, in Wyandotte County, Kan.
If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of 15 years in federal prison and a fine up to $250,000 on the carjacking charge, not less than seven years and a fine up to $250,000 on the brandishing charge, and a maximum penalty of 10 years on the remaining count.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigated. Assistant U.S. Attorney Terra Morehead is prosecuting.