Violent Armed Robber Who Stalked, Kidnapped, and Robbed Victims in Virginia and Maryland Sentenced to 228 Months in Prison
In a shocking display of brazen violence, 29-year-old Tyree Eugene McCombs, of Washington D.C., was sentenced to 228 months in federal prison for his role in the September 2022 stalking, armed robbery, and kidnapping of a pair of victims in Alexandria, Virginia, and for the November 2022 stalking, kidnapping, robbery, and shooting of a woman in Maryland and Washington, D.C.
McCombs pleaded guilty on August 14, 2024, to one count of conspiracy to interfere with interstate commerce by robbery (a “Hobbs Act” robbery) for the September 2022 offense, and to one count of kidnapping for the November 2022 offense. In addition to the 228-month prison-term, U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson ordered McCombs to serve five years of supervised release.
According to court documents, McCombs and his co-conspirators twice executed plans to surveil, stalk, forcibly detain, bind, assault, and rob women at gunpoint in September and November 2022. McCombs was a leader in both schemes, personally stalking the victims, holding them at gunpoint, physically assaulting them, and demanding that they pay their own ransoms.
The first incident occurred on the evening of September 3, 2022, when McCombs and his co-conspirators ambushed a couple in Alexandria, Virginia, and robbed them of their most valuable belongings, including two Audemars Piguet watches worth about $120,000 and another $63,500 worth of jewelry. McCombs and his crew stole the keys to the victim’s Mercedes then forced the victims at gunpoint from the parking garage to the victims’ apartment. Once inside, McCombs and his co-conspirators pistol-whipped the victims and ordered them to tell them where their money was hidden.
The second incident occurred on the night of November 7, 2022, when McCombs led another kidnapping and robbery, this time targeting and abducting a 25-year-old woman in Maryland. McCombs was on supervised release for a 2019 attempted armed robbery conviction and, two weeks earlier, had been ordered to wear a GPS monitor. McCombs’s GPS data showed that he stalked the woman for hours through the evening of November 7, following her from work to a family member’s home to a bank.
McCombs sold the custom pendant, worth tens of thousands of dollars, to a pawn shop in Maryland for $200, about a month after the first incident.
McCombs’s crimes were a brazen display of violence and disregard for human life, and his sentence is a testament to the determination of law enforcement to bring him to justice.
Defendant: Tyree Eugene McCombs
Criminal Charges: Conspiracy to interfere with interstate commerce by robbery (a “Hobbs Act” robbery), Kidnapping
City and State: Washington D.C.
Date: September 2022 (crime date), August 14, 2024 (sentencing date)
Sentence: 228 months in federal prison, 5 years of supervised release
Dollar Amounts: $120,000 (Audemars Piguet watches), $63,500 (jewelry), $200 (custom pendant)
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Key Facts
- State: Washington DC
- Category: Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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