A 20-year-old Dallas man has been sentenced to 189 months in federal prison for committing armed robberies of Dallas-area businesses.
Keith Renard Simon, 20, was sentenced on [November 2014] by U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater.
Simon pleaded guilty to three counts of interference with commerce by robbery in October 2014.
Co-defendants Lorenza Anzley, 21, and James Montreal Tyson, 19, also pleaded guilty to the same offenses. Anzley was sentenced last month to 189 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $16,560 in restitution. Tyson was sentenced in October 2014 to 46 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $5,570 in restitution.
According to documents filed in the case, Simon, Anzley, and Tyson admitted committing the November 11, 2013, robbery of Walgreens, located at 1060 West Camp Wisdom Road in Dallas. Simon brandished a dangerous weapon during this robbery.
Simon and Anzley also admitted committing the November 23, 2013, robbery of Metro PCS, located at 2614 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Dallas. During that robbery, Simon and Anzley entered the store at approximately 3:15 p.m., with the intent to rob it. Simon produced a dangerous weapon, pointed it at two employees, and he and Anzley jumped over the counter. They demanded money and ordered the employees to get on the floor. When Anzley could not get the register open, he struck one of the employees in the face and back of the head with the weapon.
The FBI and the Dallas Police Department investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Keith Robinson prosecuted. The case was prosecuted as part of the U.S. Attorney’s Office’s Project Safe Neighborhoods initiative, which is aimed at reducing gun violence and gang violence in the Northern District of Texas.
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Key Facts
- State: Texas
- Category: Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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