NATION IN BRIEF : TEXAS : First Carjacking Conviction Secured

A 19-year-old Ft. Worth man became the first person to be convicted of carjacking under a new federal law put into effect last October. Demond Henderson was charged with pointing a gun at another Ft. Worth man who had stopped his Jeep in his driveway while he went to open the garage door in November of last year, FBI special agent Todd McCall said. Henderson took the man’s keys and drove off in the Jeep, McCall said. Carjacking is distinguished from car theft in that it involves threat of violence to the driver of the car, as opposed to the theft of an unoccupied car.