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Serial Armed Robber Sentenced to 124 Years in Prison
A 39-year-old Detroit man has been sentenced to 124 years in federal prison for his role in a string of armed robberies that terrorized businesses and customers in the Detroit area.
Frank Richardson Jr. was found guilty in June of 10 counts of robbery and firearms offenses, announced United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade. The sentence was imposed by Chief Judge Gerald E. Rosen in Detroit.
The evidence presented at trial established that Richardson was the leader of a seven-man robbery crew that committed armed robberies of Verizon and Radio Shack stores in Detroit and Eastpointe between February 22, 2010, and May 8, 2010. Richardson and one of his co-defendants selected and surveilled the stores to be robbed, gathering valuable information before assembling the crew and committing the armed robberies.
During the robberies, employees and patrons were forced into rear storage rooms at gunpoint, while others collected cellular telephones into large laundry bags before fleeing the store. Richardson would act as a look-out from outside each location, communicating with the men inside the stores by cell-phone or handheld radios.
The stolen cell phones were later sold to individuals who offered them for sale on-line on e-Bay. Through the course of the robberies, losses to the various stores exceeded $80,000.
The crew was apprehended when counter-surveillance by the Detroit FBI Violent Crimes Task Force resulted in arrests immediately following the May 8, 2010, robbery.
US Attorney McQuade stated, “A lengthy sentence like this one results from the mandatory minimum sentences required for multiple counts of armed robbery. Congress mandated severe sentences for the severe harm violent criminals cause to public safety. We hope that violent offenders will take note of this type of sentence and put down their guns.”
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Key Facts
- State: Michigan
- Category: Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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