On the eve of trial, teens charged with carjacking New Orleans DA and his mother plead guilty

Just days before they were set to stand trial, three of the four teenagers charged in the late-night carjacking of Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams nearly two years ago pleaded guilty as charged on Friday to armed robbery charges in Criminal District Court.

Santana “Tink” Gilmore and cousins Amajha “Cheewee” Curtis and Dijohn Curtis originally pleaded not guilty in the robbery outside the district attorney’s Lower Garden District home.

The teenagers held Williams and his then 78-year-old mother, Janice Rogers, at gunpoint before stealing Williams’ Lincoln Navigator on Oct. 16, 2023, according to law enforcement authorities.

Less than a half hour later in 1800 block of Baronne Street in Central City — less than one mile from Williams’ house — the same teenagers robbed a