Homeless couple sentenced to state prison for violent carjackings in Bucks County

A homeless couple was sentenced Monday, Dec. 13, for two violent carjackings and an attempted carjacking in Newtown and Middletown townships in November 2020, sending two people to the hospital.
Eric Meehan, 29, and Ashley Young, 32, both pleaded guilty on Oct. 12 to two counts each of robbery of a motor vehicle and aggravated assault and one count each of criminal conspiracy to commit robbery of a motor vehicle and attempt to commit robbery of a motor vehicle. Meehan also pleaded guilty to three counts of terroristic threats and one count of fleeing or attempting to elude police.
Meehan and Young appeared before Bucks County Court of Common Pleas Judge Jeffrey L. Finley who sentenced Meehan to 10 to 30 years in state prison and Young to 6 ½ to 20 years in state prison. They were both ordered to pay $7,699.86 in restitution.

The incident began at 2:54 p.m. Nov. 27, 2020, with a report of a carjacking at the Chandler Hall Senior Center on Barclay Street in Newtown. There, Meehan and Young took a woman’s vehicle by force, and then struck her and a male employee with the vehicle as they fled. Both victims were taken to the hospital with multiple injuries, including shoulder injuries that required surgery.
When they fled, Meehan drove off a curb and damaged the stolen vehicle, so he and Young attempted to carjack a second victim at Summit Trace Road in Newtown. The owner was able to lock his doors and drive away. Meehan and Young got back in the damaged vehicle and drove to the 500 block of White Swan Way in Middletown Township where they carjacked an SUV from a 68-year-old man, physically removing him from his vehicle.
Police pursuit ended in the 1600 block of Orthodox Street in Philadelphia when the suspects crashed into several parked vehicles and an occupied vehicle.

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