A Washington DC man has been sentenced to 77 months in prison for robbing two grocery stores over a five-day period in 2014.
Christopher Tyler, 38, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced on federal charges stemming from two robberies of grocery stores, U.S. Attorney Channing D. Phillips announced.
Tyler pled guilty in March 2016, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, to two counts of interference with interstate commerce by robbery. He was sentenced by the Honorable Tanya S. Chutkan.
According to the government’s evidence, on July 25, 2014, at approximately 10:50 p.m., Tyler entered a Safeway store in the 1600 block of Maryland Avenue NE. He was wearing a mask and was armed with what appeared to be a black handgun.
On July 30, 2014, at approximately 10:50 p.m., Tyler entered another Safeway store, this time in the 1100 block of Fourth Street SW. He again was armed with what appeared to be a black handgun and again was wearing a mask.
Tyler fled the second store with approximately $15,000 in cash. Officers from the Metropolitan Police Department, responding to a 911 call for a robbery, arrived just as Tyler was running from the store. Officers stopped him after a brief foot chase.
In announcing the sentence, U.S. Attorney Phillips commended the work of the officers, detectives, and others who worked on the case from the Metropolitan Police Department and the FBI’s Washington Field Office.
Tyler will be placed on three years of supervised release following his prison term.
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Key Facts
- State: Washington DC
- Category: Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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