Dustin Lee Henderson, Armed Robbery, Oregon 2022

PORTLAND, Ore.—In a shocking display of brazen crime, a Clackamas man has been found guilty of robbing a local public house at gunpoint and making off with five cartons of cigarettes.

Dustin Lee Henderson, 40, was found guilty of interfering with commerce with threats or violence; possessing a firearm in furtherance of, and using and carrying a firearm during and in relation to, a crime of violence; and illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.

The crime took place on November 22, 2019, at the Lighthouse Pub, a public house and deli located on 82nd Avenue in Clackamas. According to video surveillance, Henderson handed the pub clerk a bag and took five cartons of cigarettes. The pub’s owner chased Henderson through a parking lot when Henderson discharged a single round from his firearm, prompting the owner to stop the chase. Law enforcement later recovered a .22 caliber cartridge case near the site of the shooting.

Law enforcement later observed Henderson in a nearby mobile home lot and arrested him. Investigators executed a state search warrant on a mobile home where Henderson resided and recovered the stolen cigarette cartons, clothes worn by Henderson during the robbery, and a .22 pistol. A DNA analysis later linked Henderson to the seized firearm.

On January 22, 2020, a federal grand jury in Portland returned a three-count indictment charging Henderson with interfering with commerce with threats or violence, possessing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, and illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.

Henderson faces a maximum sentence of life in prison with a 10-year mandatory minimum sentence, a $250,000 fine and five years of supervised release.

This case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) with assistance from Oregon State Police and the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Cassady Adams, Craig Gabriel, and Suzanne Miles prosecuted the case.

As part of this conviction, Oregon law enforcement agencies will continue to work together to address violent crime and make our communities safer.

U.S. Attorney Scott Erik Asphaug of the District of Oregon made the announcement.

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