DALLAS — A North Texas man was sentenced Monday to 30 years in prison for a series of 2020 carjackings and kidnappings across DFW, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas announced.
Anthony Gordon, 36, was indicted in November 2020 and pleaded guilty in September 2022 to kidnapping, carjacking and brandishing a firearm in the commission of a crime of violence, officials say.
He was sentenced Monday by U.S. District Judge Sam A. Lindsay.
Gordon approached a Ford F150 parked off Highway 20 in Fort Worth in August of 2020, holding a gun in each hand, according to plea papers. Gordon then shot a gun toward the street, pointed the other weapon at the driver, and demanded she turn over the vehicle to him, according to court documents. Officials say the driver got out of the vehicle, and Gordon drove away.
Gordon went to a store in Richardson four days later, pointed a gun at an employee, and similarly demanded her vehicle that was parked outside, according to a news release. The employee handed over her keys, and Gordon got into the vehicle and drove away, officials say.
Officials also say that Gordon also admitted to kidnapping a woman in late August to prevent her from reporting his alleged crimes. Gordon hit her in the head with a gun and crushed her iPhone, officials say. The next day, Gordon forced her into his car at gunpoint and drove her around Dallas until Gordon parked at a Motel 6, where she was able to flee, according to officials.
Then, in early September, Gordon spotted police after arriving in Fort Worth to conduct a drug deal and ran from the scene, jumping over several fences, until he came upon a woman’s house, officials say. Gordon went inside the house, and held a woman inside at gunpoint until she was able to break free and run out the front door, where she was met by police, according to officials.
Authorities say they found a Smith and Wesson pistol and a 12-gauge shotgun that’d been reported stolen during a subsequent search of Gordon’s vehicle.
The investigation was conducted by the Fort Worth Police Department, the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Dallas Field Office, and the Dallas Police Department.
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