A violent armed robbery in Oklahoma City has landed a Mississippi man in federal prison for 25 years.
CHARLES LAMAR SCOTT, 36, of Greenville, Mississippi, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Charles Goodwin on May 10, 2024, for robbing an Oklahoma City pharmacy, discharging a firearm during the robbery, and possessing a firearm that had been modified to operate as a machinegun.
On December 26, 2022, Scott violently assaulted a CVS employee and then forcibly took a handgun from a retired police officer, firing the stolen weapon at the building as he left the pharmacy. He also fired another handgun at law enforcement responding to the crime, which was modified with a machinegun conversion device.
Scott pleaded guilty on September 22, 2023, to three counts of the Indictment, admitting to using force and violence to obtain money from CVS, discharging a firearm during and in relation to the robbery, and possessing a modified machinegun.
The case is a result of an investigation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives and the Oklahoma City Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Stan J. West and David R. Nichols, Jr. prosecuted the case.
This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program aimed at reducing violent crime and gun violence, and “Project Switch Off,” the Western District of Oklahoma’s local implementation of PSN, which targets illegal machinegun conversion devices.
Scott will serve 25 years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release. The case is a stark reminder of the danger and violence that armed robbers pose to law enforcement and the public.
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Key Facts
- State: Oklahoma
- Agency: DOJ USAO
- Category: Violent Crime
- Source: Official Source ↗
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