Namir Malik Ali Greene, Armed Robberies, California 2024

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, April 18, 2024 – A Los Angeles man was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for committing a carjacking and using a BB gun to commit eight armed robberies of gas stations and convenience stores in Los Angeles County earlier this year.

Namir Malik Ali Greene, 23, was sentenced by United States District Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett, who also ordered him to pay $17,084 in restitution, according to a federal court document.

Greene pleaded guilty on September 23 to one count of Hobbs Act robbery, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.

The crime spree began on April 4, when Greene robbed a gas station in Marina del Rey. He made a purchase and remained inside the store until all other customers left the business. After all the customers inside the business left, Greene placed a brown paper bag on the counter and told the clerk, “Put everything in there,” according to his plea agreement.

Greene pointed what appeared to be a black semi-automatic handgun, but what in fact was a BB gun, at the clerk while demanding the money. In fear, the clerk emptied the cash register and placed $700 into the brown paper bag. Greene then fled the store.

Greene committed seven additional armed robberies from April 4 to April 8 of gas stations and convenience stores in Long Beach, Whittier, South Los Angeles, Pomona, and Culver City, netting him an estimated $8,784, according to court documents.

On April 15, Greene – while armed with a BB gun – carjacked the owner of a 2010 Honda Accord. On April 17, while driving the car that he had carjacked, Greene led officers on a pursuit during which he drove over 90 miles per hour, almost crashed into a bystander motorist, drove against oncoming traffic, and crashed into a curb, according to court documents.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ Orange County Violent Crime Task Force (OCVCTF) investigated this matter, with assistance from the Los Angeles Police Department’s Robbery Homicide Division and the Ontario Police Department.

Assistant United States Attorney Jena A. MacCabe of the Violent and Organized Crime Section prosecuted this case.

Namir Malik Ali Greene has been in federal custody since April 18, the day he was apprehended following the carjacking.

Greene’s 10-year sentence reflects the severity of his crimes, which put innocent lives at risk and caused significant financial harm to local businesses.

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