A Buford man charged with carjacking his burglary victim’s car when she returned to her Flowery Branch home in March 2011 pleaded guilty Tuesday in U.S. federal court in Gainesville.Rodolfo Esquivel, 28, was indicted Feb. 28. He was charged with using and carrying a firearm during a crime of violence, U.S. Attorney Sally Quillian Yates said in a news release.He faces a maximum sentence of life in prison and a fine of up to $250,000.A sentencing date has not yet been determined. The sentencing will take place in Gainesville before Senior U.S. District Judge William C. O’Kelley.According to information presented in court, Esquivel and an accomplice went to a home on McEver Road on March 29, 2011, with plans to commit a daytime burglary.While Esquivel broke into the house and gathered items to steal, his accomplice waited outside in a car, court records showed.During the burglary, the woman who lived in the home returned.
Buford man pleads guilty in 2011 carjacking
Esquivel faces possible life in prison for threatening Flowery Branch woman with gun during burglary