Gary Leon Holloway, Jr., Armed Commercial Robberies, Maryland 2020

Baltimore Man Pleads Guilty to Armed Commercial Robberies

Baltimore, Maryland – A Baltimore man has pleaded guilty to committing an armed robbery and to using, carrying and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.

Gary Leon Holloway, Jr., age 46, of Baltimore, Maryland, pleaded guilty to the charges, which stemmed from a string of armed robberies that took place in January 2020. According to his guilty plea, Holloway and his co-conspirators planned and committed armed robberies of three businesses in the Baltimore area.

The robberies occurred on January 4, January 15, and January 22, 2020, at cellphone stores in Ellicott City, Glen Burnie, and Dundalk, Maryland, respectively. In each robbery, Holloway brandished a gun and he and his co-defendant stole cellphones and other electronic devices.

In the first robbery, Holloway and his co-defendant also stole the wallets of two employees, while in the third robbery, they forced the employees to open and empty the safe and stole cash in addition to the cellphones and electronic devices.

After the third robbery on January 22, 2020, Holloway and two co-defendants were arrested. Detectives later learned that Holloway was related to two of his co-defendants.

Holloway and the government have agreed that, if the Court accepts the plea agreement, Holloway will be sentenced to 14 years in federal prison. U.S. District Judge Brendan A. Hurson has scheduled sentencing for June 21, 2024, at 10:00 a.m.

U.S. Attorney Erek L. Barron commended the ATF, the Baltimore Police Department, the Howard County Police Department, and the Anne Arundel County Police Department for their work in the investigation. Mr. Barron also thanked Assistant United States Attorney John W. Sippel, Jr. who is prosecuting the case.

For more information on the Maryland U.S. Attorney’s Office, its priorities, and resources available to help the community, please visit https://www.justice.gov/usao-md and https://www.justice.gov/usao-md/community-outreach.

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