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Two men were sentenced to life in prison Friday, stemming from an incident in which they abducted a Forestville woman at gunpoint from a Metro station in Washington, D.C., and raped her in her vehicle, according to a statement released by the Office of the State's Attorney of Prince George's County.

Michael D. Wright, 19, and Jonathan Edmonds, 20, both of Washington, D.C., pleaded guilty to first-degree rape and armed carjacking in May and June of 2008.

County State's Attorney Glenn F. Ivey (D) said the victim was "extremely credible" and "the police did a good job of putting the case together," ultimately leading to the conviction of the defendants.

Circuit Court Judge Beverly Woodard sentenced both defendants to consecutive sentences of life and 30 years on Friday, stemming from the Nov. 2, 2007 incident in which the defendants abducted a 27-year-old woman near a Metro at Savannah Street and 13th Street S.E., in Washington D.C.

Edmonds and Wright forced the woman back into her car and made her perform sexual acts at gunpoint as they drove her back to her Forestville home, where they sexually assaulted her at gunpoint.

The woman was then forced back into her car and driven to ATM locations in Temple Hills and Southeast D.C. and was forced to withdraw money. The defendants were captured on surveillance film at both ATM locations.

The men then dropped the woman off at the Southern Avenue Metro Station in Temple Hills and fled in her car, which was recovered a few hours later in the District.

Ivey said he was unsure if the defendants were ever charged for forcing the woman to withdraw money from her account, adding that he believed those charges had been dropped as part of the process of bringing the case to trial.

Attempts to contact Wright and Edmonds' attorneys through the State's Attorney's Office were unsuccessful.