Antonio Raymond Leach, Armed Commercial Robbery, Maryland 2018

Greenbelt, Maryland – A Washington D.C. man has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for armed commercial robbery and for using, carrying, and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.

On April 2, 2017, Antonio Raymond Leach, 45, and two co-conspirators robbed a business in District Heights, Maryland, at gunpoint.

According to the plea agreement, Leach and one co-conspirator entered the store, while the second co-conspirator drove the get-away car. Leach pointed the loaded gun at one victim, while the co-conspirator made the second victim open the both cash registers.

The co-conspirator took cash from both registers and Leach and the co-conspirator fled in the waiting car. Prince George’s County Police officers stopped the car and located the $195 stolen from the business in the car.

Near the car, officers located the 7.62-caliber semi-automatic handgun used during the robbery and the blue latex gloves worn by the co-conspirator. The gun was loaded with five rounds of ammunition in the magazine and one round in the chamber.

Leach and his co-conspirators were arrested. The co-conspirators were convicted on related state charges.

This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and make our neighborhoods safer for everyone. Attorney General Jeff Sessions reinvigorated PSN in 2017 as part of the Department’s renewed focus on targeting violent criminals.

United States Attorney Robert K. Hur commended the ATF and the Prince George’s County Police Department for their work in the investigation. Mr. Hur thanked Assistant U.S. Attorneys Gregory Bernstein and Ray D. McKenzie, who prosecuted the case.

On September 10, 2018, U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang sentenced Leach to 10 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for armed commercial robbery and for using, carrying, and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.