Javentay Chapman, Armed Robbery, Indiana 2021

A 21-year-old Indianapolis man has been sentenced to 111 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to robbery and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence.

According to court documents, Javentay Chapman and a juvenile male entered the AT&T store located at 1602 N. Lebanon Street in Lebanon, Indiana on February 25, 2021. Upon entering the store, the two robbers each brandished firearms at the store employee. The employee, with a gun pointed at him, was ordered to open the store’s safe and get on the floor. The robbers grabbed several phones and electronic items from the safe and placed them in a bag. One of the robbers asked the store employee if the phones had trackers on them, to which the employee stated he did not know. The robbers instructed the employee to stay on ground and then fled the business.

At least one of the cellular phones taken by the robbers had a GPS tracking device on it. Law enforcement was able to track the device and officers with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department were able to locate the vehicle driving south on I-65. A traffic stop was initiated near the intersection of Michigan and 38th Streets in Indianapolis. Chapman was one of the vehicle’s occupants.

Located within the vehicle were multiple cellular phones, accessories and the tracking devices that accompanied at least one of the phones. Investigators also located 2 firearms in the vehicle. Surveillance footage obtained from the AT&T store shows Chapman wearing the same clothing he was arrested in during the robbery.

Javentay Chapman, 21, of Indianapolis, was sentenced to 111 months in federal prison for armed robbery and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence.

The sentence was imposed by U.S. District Judge Sarah Evans Barker. As part of the sentence, Judge Barker ordered that Chapman be supervised by the U.S. Probation Office for three years following his release from federal prison.

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 gun violence.

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