North Dakota man sentenced in armed carjacking of delivery truck

Photo by: WDAY Radio Staff
Photo by: WDAY Radio Staff

(Minneapolis, MN) -- A North Dakota man is facing eleven years in prison for carjacking a man at gunpoint in Blaine, Minnesota.

According to court documents, on July 30th, 2022, at approximately 3:52 a.m, 27-year-old Joshua Lee Sinawa approached a bakery delivery box truck in the parking lot of a Cub Foods in Blaine. While the delivery driver was in the vehicle’s driver seat, Sinawa approached the vehicle on the driver’s side, pointed a firearm at the victim, and demanded that the victim get out of the vehicle. Sinawa then forced him to walk into the Cub Foods store at gunpoint.

Sinawa left the Cub Foods store while the victim remained inside and fled the scene in the stolen bakery delivery box truck.

The investigation was conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives and the Blaine Police Department.