Cameron Durand Gets 170 Months in Federal Prison After St. Paul Uber Carjacking

After the carjacking

Durand drove away from responding officers at high speed, left the stolen car, and ran with a firearm, according to federal prosecutors. Officers found his backpack inside the car with identification and 9mm ammunition. Prosecutors said a spent casing at the scene matched the ammunition in the backpack.

Earlier gun crimes

Durand was just one month into federal supervised release for a prior firearms conviction when he committed a series of new gun crimes during the summer of 2025, according to court-filed documents cited in the release. He had been sentenced to 90 months’ imprisonment for a 2019 federal conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm.

In June 2025, officers recovered a loaded 9mm firearm with an attached red-dot sight from his vehicle, later confirmed to contain Durand’s DNA, the office said. In the weeks that followed, he was captured on surveillance video firing another weapon in a densely populated St. Paul neighborhood outside a bar.

Durand’s criminal history dates back to 2007 and includes numerous felony convictions involving firearms, assaults, robbery, and gang-related violence, according to the release.

The plea and the 170-month sentence

Durand pleaded guilty on December 17, 2025, to two federal counts and admitted multiple supervised-release violations stemming from the same violent conduct, the office said. The sentence consisted of:

• 50 months for possession of a firearm as a felon;
• 120 months’ mandatory minimum imprisonment for the discharge of the firearm during the carjacking, consecutive to the felon-in-possession term, for a total of 170 months;
• 30 months for the supervised-release violations, concurrent with the 170-month term.

Under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A)(iii), a person who uses or carries a firearm during a crime of violence must, “if the firearm is discharged, be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 10 years.” Section 924(c)(1)(D)(ii) says no term of imprisonment imposed under that subsection “shall run concurrently with any other term of imprisonment imposed on the person.”

“This sentence ensures that a dangerous and escalating menace is no longer free to terrorize our communities,” said U.S. Attorney Daniel N. Rosen. Minneapolis Patch reported the sentence on June 25, 2026.

Sources

• U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Minnesota, “Armed Carjacker and Repeat Violent Offender Sentenced to 170 Months for Multiple Firearms Offenses while on Federal Supervised Release,” June 24, 2026
• Minneapolis Patch, “Minneapolis Carjacker Who Shot At Uber Driver Gets 170-Month Federal Prison Sentence,” June 25, 2026
• 18 U.S.C. § 924 (Cornell Legal Information Institute)

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