A 32-year-old man accused of carjacking a woman at gunpoint just hours into 2014 negotiated a plea deal recently in court, according to county documents.
Credit: Middletown Police
Barry Moyer, 32, of Trevose, plead guilty recently to charges including kidnapping to facilitate a felony, two counts of robbery, a single count of possession of a prohibited firearm before Judge Jeffrey Finley. According to court papers, Moyer has begun serving six to 13 years behind bars. He also has to pay $500 restitution and has been ordered to not have contact with the victim.
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According to police, Moyer pointed a gun at a young woman and carjacked her outside the Hamilton Park Apartments in Middletown Township just hours into the new year.
Moyer walked up to the victim’s car as she tried to exit the Veteran’s Highway (Route 413) apartment complex after she dropped off two co-workers following their overnight shifts at a local diner.
After carjacking the woman at gunpoint, Moyer gave her directions and she followed them for roughly five minutes. The two ended up in the Snowball Gate section of Levittown. From there, Moyer took $200 cash, a cell phone and told the young woman to get out of her 2013 Toyota Camry. He then drove off in her car, police said.
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The woman said she banged on the doors of a few homes to try to get help and eventually walked nearly two miles to the Great American Diner at the intersection of Veterans and Lincoln highways. Police responded to the diner and the investigation began.
Philadelphia police recovered the Toyota two days after it was taken. The car reportedly has serious interior damage.
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A Bucks County library card left behind in a car was tracked back to Moyer, police said.
The 32-year-old has a long criminal history with felony convictions out of Middletown, Newtown and Bensalem. He was found guilty of felony escape in 2006.
