Randy Jones, Robbery, Maryland 2015

A brazen string of robberies that left a trail of destruction and loss in its wake has ended with a nine-year prison sentence for one of the culprits.

Randy Jones, 39, of Baltimore, Maryland, was handed the sentence by U.S. District Judge George L. Russell III on no specific date for his involvement in the robbery of five stores.

According to court documents, Jones, along with co-conspirator Daryl Norris, 37, of Baltimore, and another individual, targeted the Game Stop on Liberty Road in Baltimore on September 24, 2014. The robbers, armed with fake guns that appeared to be real, demanded that the employee open the register, from which they took money. The robbers also forced the employee to show them a safe and game systems, binding him with zip ties before making off with the employee’s cell phone, cash, and merchandise.

Jones admitted to committing four other robberies between August 26, 2014 and December 15, 2014 with Norris and/or others, using a similar modus operandi: Rainbow Clothing on Maiden Choice Lane in Baltimore; 7-Eleven on Pleasant Plains Road in Towson, Maryland; Metro PCS in Baltimore; and the same Game Stop store.

The total loss from the five robberies was $15,312.51.

Daryl Norris, the co-conspirator, previously pleaded guilty to robbing the video game store and admitted to six other robberies. He was sentenced to nine years in prison on October 16, 2015.

United States Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein commended the FBI, Baltimore County and City Police Departments, and Baltimore County and City State’s Attorney’s Offices for their work in the investigation. Mr. Rosenstein thanked Assistant United States Attorneys James T. Wallner and Bonnie S. Greenberg, who prosecuted the case.

The FBI, Baltimore County and City Police Departments, and Baltimore County and City State’s Attorney’s Offices are to be commended for their tireless efforts in bringing this case to a close.

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