Seattle man sentenced to more than 27 years in prison for violent car-jacking spree

Seattle - A 25-year-old Seattle man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to more than 27 years in prison for multiple counts of carjacking and using a firearm in a crime of violence, announced First Assistant U.S. Attorney Charles Neil Floyd. Maar Teng Rambang was convicted in January 2026 of three counts of carjacking and three counts of using a firearm during a crime of violence for the November 7, 2022, King County-wide crime spree. At the sentencing hearing U.S. District Judge John H. Chun noted that these are "serious, terrible crimes" that resulted in serious physical injury to one of the victims and lasting psychological damage to all three victims.

"This defendant violently threatened two people and shot a third and then drove at a high rate of speed recklessly throughout King County," said First Assistant U.S. Attorney Neil Floyd. "It is just by luck that no one was killed in this crime spree. The mandatory minimum sentenced for this crime means this 27-year sentence is required and appropriate for this dangerous, violent conduct."

According to records filed in the case, the carjacking spree stretched from Kent, to Bellevue, to Redmond, to Seattle and ultimately back to Renton. Just before noon on November 7, 2022, Rambang confronted a woman sitting in her car outside the Kent East Hill Post Office. Rambang ordered the woman out of her car at gunpoint. Rambang drove the stolen car to the Bellevue Square Mall garage and fired his gun as he threatened another woman and demanded her vehicle. He drove that stolen BMW to Redmond and attempted to rob Amazon employees working at a delivery locker at a Whole Foods Market. Rambang then drove the BMW to the Eastlake neighborhood of Seattle where he shot a man in the leg and stole his Jeep SUV.

Officers tracked the Jeep to Kent and attempted to stop and arrest Rambang, but he fled at speeds of 90-100 miles per hour in areas of heavy traffic. Rambang drove across the median, drove the wrong way, and ran red lights. Ultimately, law enforcement in Renton was able to block the car and arrest Rambang.

In the sentencing memo prosecutors wrote to the court, "Although the impacts of Rambang's crime spree were extremely serious, it is fortunate that the results were not worse. Considering that he pointed a loaded gun at multiple victims and discharged it twice - and led police on a high-speed chase driving recklessly through busy streets - Rambang is fortunate that he is not being sentenced for felony murder, vehicular assault/homicide, and the like."

Rambang will be on three years of supervised release following his prison term.

The case was investigated by the Kent, Bellevue, Redmond, and Seattle Police Departments with the assistance of the Bureau of Alcohol, Firearms, Tobacco & Explosives (ATF).

The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Todd Greenberg and Rachel Yemini.