ALEX JOSEPHS, Hobbs Act Robbery, Connecticut 2021

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Four Hartford Men Charged in Violent AT&T Robberies

A federal grand jury in Hartford has returned an indictment charging four Hartford men with federal robbery and firearm offenses in connection with a string of violent armed robberies of AT&T stores in Connecticut and western Massachusetts.

According to court documents, Leonard C. Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and David Sundberg, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the defendants, ALEX JOSEPHS, 21; RONALDO SMITH, 23; SHAQUILLE RAYMOND, 23; and DESHAWN BAUGH, 19, all of Hartford, allegedly robbed AT&T stores in Newington on January 29, Enfield on February 24, Canton on April 15, and West Springfield, Massachusetts on June 6, 2021.

The group, which also included Saviana Bourne, 23, of Middletown, would typically enter the stores shortly before closing, point weapons at employees, and at times, pistol-whip, drag and shove employees toward the back inventory room. They then held the employees at gunpoint while loading large bags with cell phones and other electronics.

The indictment charges Josephs, Smith, Raymond, and Baugh with one count of conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery, which carries a maximum term of imprisonment of 20 years, and one count of brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, which carries a mandatory consecutive sentence of at least seven years of imprisonment.

The defendants are also charged with multiple counts of Hobbs Act Robbery and attempted Hobbs Act robbery, offenses that carry a maximum term of imprisonment of 20 years on each count. Josephs, Smith, Raymond and Baugh have been detained in Massachusetts state custody since their arrests.

The investigation is being led by the FBI’s Connecticut Violent Crimes Task Force, with the assistance of the Massachusetts State Police and the Newington, Enfield, Canton, Torrington, Glastonbury, and West Springfield Police Departments. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert S. Ruff.

U.S. Attorney Boyle stressed that an indictment is not evidence of guilt. Charges are only allegations, and the defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.