NEWARK — If you're going to steal a manual-transmission car, it helps to know how to drive a stick.

A Newark man, sentenced today in federal court in Newark, will have 55 months in federal prison to think about that.

Anthony Reynolds, 18, could have received as much as 15 years in prison after pleading guilty in September to theft of a motor vehicle by force, violence and intimidation.

Reynolds admitted he was in a stolen BMW, driven by an accomplice, as it pulled up behind a 2008 Porsche 911 Turbo on Bloomfield Avenue in Newark. Reynolds pulled out a .38-caliber handgun and ordered the driver out of the Porsche, according to the criminal complaint.

The driver of the Porsche did as he was told and fled the scene, stopping to tell a passing police officer what had happened.

Reynolds' accomplice sped off on Bloomfield Avenue, but Reynolds could not drive the Porsche and stalled the 480-horsepower, six-speed engine, U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman said last year.

Police approached and Reynolds ran, but he did not get far.

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