PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Delaware man has been sentenced to 7 1/2 years in federal prison in the carjacking of a U.S. congresswoman's sport utility vehicle in a Philadelphia park almost two years ago. Josiah Brown, 21, was sentenced Wednesday in federal court in Philadelphia, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported. Brown, then 19, said he didn’t know who the congresswoman was and his weapon was unloaded. He also didn't know that the vehicle had a tracker that quickly led authorities to his Wilmington home. Brown was charged with federal counts of carjacking and brandishing a gun during a violent crime, which carries a seven-year mandatory minimum term.

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Persons: Josiah Brown, Mary Gay Scanlon, Brown, didn’t, —, Scanlon, Carjackings, ” Scanlon, ”, “, Rossman Thompson, Cynthia Rufe Organizations: PHILADELPHIA, Philadelphia Inquirer, U.S . Rep, Democrat, Christiana Fashion, Inquirer, Authorities Locations: U.S, Philadelphia, Wilmington, Christiana, Newark , Delaware, Delaware