Tag: Armed Robbery
Zachary Babitz, Carjacking Resulting in Death, New Mexico 2024
⏱ 3 min read A string of deadly armed robberies and carjackings terrorized New Mexico in the summer of 2024. Zachary Babitz, 40, was behind the wheel, leaving a trail of destruction and death in his wake. On July 30, Babitz burst into an AutoZone in Albuquerque, brandishing a 9mm handgun and making off with…
Charles Powell, Hobbs Act robbery, New York 2025
⏱ 2 min read Charles ‘Payback’ Powell and Musah ‘General Red’ Coward were sentenced to 42 and 45 years in prison, respectively, for their roles in the brutal murder of a security guard during an armed robbery in Brooklyn’s Crown Heights neighborhood. The robbery, which took place on September 27, 2019, also left three others…
Sharif Northington, Armed Robbery and Carjacking, Maryland 2022
⏱ 2 min read Baltimore’s streets just got a little safer as 23-year-old Sharif Northington heads to federal prison for the next 11 years. His crime spree included a string of armed robberies and a high-speed carjacking. Northington and his crew targeted multiple businesses in Northeast Baltimore in November 2022, always armed to the teeth…
Christopher Juan Sheard, Armed Robbery, Arkansas 2024
⏱ 3 min read A 23-year-old Little Rock man is headed behind bars for a brazen armed robbery of a postal employee. Christopher Juan Sheard, armed with a loaded Glock 20, held up the mail carrier on February 26, 2024, at an apartment complex. Sheard, who had a hand on his pistol tucked into his…
Chihean Jones, Gas Station Murder, Pennsylvania 2023
⏱ 2 min read Chihean Jones, a 41-year-old Philadelphia man, was sentenced to life in prison for murdering a gas station attendant during an armed robbery in Philadelphia, PA. On January 17, 2023, Jones and his accomplices targeted a gas station on the 7100 block of Torresdale Avenue, planning to rob it. However, when the…
Michael Woulard, Jewelry Store Robbery, Florida 2023
⏱ 3 min read Michael Woulard, 49, is looking at a potential lifetime in federal prison after admitting to a three-county crime spree. Between October 2023 and February 2024, Woulard brazenly robbed a Jacksonville pawn shop, then two jewelry stores – one in Jacksonville, one in Ocala – all while waving a semi-automatic pistol in…
Koriyon Demantra Weaver, Vape Shop Robbery, Virginia 2025
⏱ 3 min read Richmond vape shops were hit hard in March 2025, targeted by a crew of masked gunmen. Koriyon Demantra Weaver, 19, and Calvin Shawn Johnson, 43, along with a juvenile accomplice, are now facing serious time after federal sentencing. The duo violently robbed two vape shops within a week, leaving employees bruised…
Quinton L. Pete, Attempted Hobbs Act Robbery and Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon, Florida 2022
Federal jury convicts Quinton L. Pete, a convicted felon, for armed robbery and firearm possession in Pensacola shooting case. Maximum 30-year sentence.
Stevo Mijanovic, Hobbs Act Robbery and Brandishing a Firearm, California 2022
L.A. Harbor Area man sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for armed robbery spree targeting South Bay businesses. Learn more about the case and its consequences.
Perry Sean Lohnes, Armed Robbery, Colorado 2022
Pueblo Man sentenced to 11 years in federal prison for armed robbery and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence. Read more about the case and law enforcement’s commitment to public safety.
