Carjacking charges

MIDLAND A 26-year-old Pecos man was sentenced to more than 13 years in federal prison after he pleaded guilty to Midland County carjacking charges in federal court.

U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton said in a news release that Judge Rob Junell sentenced Jimmy James Montour to 165 months in prison for a Dec. 2007 carjacking Wednesday.

According to court documents, Montour and a juvenile accomplice approached the victim in the driveway of his residence on South County Road in Midland and threatened the man with a weapon. Montour forced the man to give the 26-year-old and the juvenile a ride to a remote location in Midland County.

Montour and the juvenile put a knife to the man's neck and threatened to kill him if he did not comply with their instructions. Eventually, Montour and his accomplice ordered the victim out of the car and then drove off, the news release said.

Sutton said the Federal Bureau of Investigation West Texas Area Major Offenders Task Force and the Midland County Sheriff's Office investigated the case. It was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Glenn Roque-Jackson.