A Baltimore man was convicted by a federal jury for an armed carjacking at a Fells Point gas station, according to an April 10 announcement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland.
The case highlights law enforcement efforts to address violent crime involving firearms in Baltimore. Ron Wardlow, age 26, was found guilty of carjacking, using and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence, and possessing a firearm and ammunition as a prohibited person.
Evidence presented at trial showed that on February 27, 2025, Wardlow approached two victims at the gas station while wearing a mask and gloves. After asking them for a ride and being refused, Wardlow pointed a loaded Glock handgun with an extended magazine at one victim and demanded their car keys. He then drove away in the stolen vehicle. The victims used digital devices left in the car to track its location and notified police after observing activity stop in another neighborhood.
Law enforcement officers from the Regional Auto Theft Task Force later located the vehicle at another gas station. When officers arrived, Wardlow fled on foot but was eventually apprehended with assistance from aerial surveillance. Officers recovered both his mask and gloves as well as the loaded handgun used during the offense.
Wardlow faces mandatory minimum sentences totaling seven years for brandishing a firearm during the carjacking—consecutive to any other sentence—and up to fifteen years each for both carjacking and possession of a firearm as a felon. Sentencing is scheduled for July 29 at 11 a.m., with actual penalties determined by federal guidelines.
U.S. Attorney Kelly O. Hayes commended law enforcement agencies involved in investigating this case and thanked Assistant U.S. Attorneys Alexander Levin and John Sippel for prosecuting it.
