Solamon Flores-Garcia, a 43-year-old Mexican national, has been sentenced to ten years in prison for carjacking and the possession and brandishing of a firearm during a violent crime. The announcement was made by Russ Ferguson, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
James C. Barnacle, Jr., Special Agent in Charge of the FBI in North Carolina, and Chief Rhett Bolen of the Monroe Police Department joined U.S. Attorney Ferguson in making the announcement.
Court documents reveal that on October 24, 2023, Flores-Garcia, who had previously been deported and was residing illegally in Monroe, N.C., went to a neighbor’s home armed with a red handgun. He demanded her wallet and car keys at gunpoint before driving away in her vehicle to La Chiquita Mexican store. There he committed another robbery by threatening the clerk with the same weapon before taking money from the establishment and fleeing.
Flores-Garcia was arrested shortly after these incidents. He remains in custody pending transfer to a federal facility designated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
The case was investigated by both the FBI and CMPD and prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Charlotte.
