Tyee Spike II, Armed Robbery, Florida 2020

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Armed Robbery Spree Leaves Two Tampa Men Facing Life in Prison

Tyee Spike II, 18, and Jeffrey L. Davis, 22, both of Tampa, Florida, have pleaded guilty to participating in a string of armed commercial robberies that left one victim hospitalized for 12 days.

According to court documents, Spike and Davis committed 10 and 8 armed robberies, respectively, between October 13 and October 19, 2020, in Tampa, Fishhawk, and Riverview. Firearms were brandished during every robbery, and in the first robbery, Spike shot a victim in the stomach. The victim survived but remained hospitalized for 12 days.

Before the robbery spree, Spike committed a carjacking to obtain the getaway vehicle, which the men used for the robberies. The robbery spree ended with a high-speed chase, in which the defendants crashed the getaway vehicle before being apprehended.

At the time of their arrest, the getaway vehicle contained a ‘list of criminal achievements and/or ambitions,’ which itemized various houses they intended to target and personal possessions they intended to take, including the names and locations of several commercial establishments.

Spike’s prior convictions include battery on a law enforcement officer with a deadly weapon, resisting an officer with violence, grand theft of a motor vehicle, two counts of robbery, and burglary of an unoccupied conveyance. He pleaded guilty to participating in 10 armed robberies, discharging a firearm in furtherance of a robbery, and possessing a firearm and ammunition after being convicted of a felony.

Davis pleaded guilty to participating in 8 armed robberies. Both defendants face a maximum sentence of life in federal prison. Sentencing dates have not yet been set.

This case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Natalie Hirt Adams.