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CT Man Admits Robbing 2 Businesses, Pistol-Whipping Clerks: Feds
A man faces decades in prison after admitting to robbing two Connecticut businesses and pistol-whipping clerks at both, federal officials announced. New Haven County resident Kenneth Strothers of Meriden, age 27, pleaded guilty on Monday, Feb. 26 to federal robbery charges, the US Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut announced on Tuesday, Feb. 27. According to federal officials, Strothers was the focus of an FBI investigation into several armed robberies that happened in Connecticut in early 2021. This investigation determined that Strothers had committed at least t…
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Armed Robberies: Man Gets Nearly 10 Years For Heists In Fairfield County, Elsewhere
A judge sentenced a 33-year-old Connecticut man who admitted to two 2019 armed robberies to more than nine years in federal prison on Monday, April 24, authorities said. Fairfield County resident Latrell S. Moore, of Bridgeport, pleaded guilty to multiple charges in the case in March 2022, the US Attorney for Connecticut said. His 118-month sentence is in addition to the 43 months he's already spent behind bars awaiting his trial, the judge ruled. Investigators said Moore stole $400 in an armed robbery of a Dunkin Donuts on Lordship Boulevard in Stratford in Fairfield …
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Fairfield County Man Admits To Committing Multiple Robberies
A convicted felon is facing life in prison after admitting to a pair of robberies in Connecticut, federal officials announced. Latrell Moore, age 32, of Bridgeport, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty before US District Judge Jeffrey Meyer in New Haven to robbery and firearm offenses, US Attorney Leonard Boyle announced on Thursday, March 31. Specifically, Moore pleaded guilty to: Hobbs Act robbery; Brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a robbery; Bank robbery; Unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon. Boyle said that on Aug. 5, 2019, Moore committed an armed …
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Couple Accused Of Committing Armed Robberies At Five CT Gas Stations In March
A career criminal is facing new charges for alleged armed robberies at five Connecticut gas stations while using a teenager as a lookout. New Haven resident William Rosario Lopez, 34, and New Britain resident Solimar Rodriguez Gonzalez, 19, have been charged with federal offenses for their roles in multiple armed robberies of gas stations last month. U.S. Attorney John Durham said that on Wednesday, March 18, Rosario Lopez entered the Shell gas station on Hartford Turnpike in Vernon wearing a black mask. He pointed a silver pistol at the store clerk, grabbed him by his collar and mar…
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Trio Charged In Violent Robbery Of Stamford Jeweler
A Westchester man was among three charged for their roles in a violent robbery of a Fairfield County jewelry store that led to the death of the store owner. White Plains resident Thomas Liberatore, Brooklyn residents Robert Rallo and Paul “Tony Pro” Prosano have been arrested and charged with federal robbery offenses following an incident last month at Marco Jewelers in Stamford. U.S. Attorney John Durham said that shortly after 2:45 p.m. on Saturday, March 28, officers from the Stamford Police Department were dispatched to the Sixth Street jewelry store, where there was a report of a robbe…
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Bridgeport Man Sentenced To Decades In Prison For Violent Armed Robberies
A Fairfield County man implicated in a string of violent armed robberies in 2017 with his half-brother that left two hospitalized with gunshot wounds will spend decades in prison, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced. Bridgeport resident Jachim Brown, also known as “Ameer Edwards” was sentenced to 260 months in prison after he was found guilty of four counts of Hobbs Act robbery and one count of discharging a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence. In addition to his prison term, Brown was sentenced to five years of supervised release. U.S. Attorney John Durham said that on …
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Bridgeport Twins Admit To Violent Robbery, Carjacking Of Delivery Driver
Twin brothers in Fairfield County admitted in federal court to carjacking a food deliveryman, leaving him with broken bones and a bleeding brain before they stole his car. Bridgeport residents Antoine Snell and Treyquane Snell, both 20, pleaded guilty to a federal robbery offense stemming from a violent robbery and carjacking of the delivery driver in Ansonia, U.S. Attorney John Durham announced. On Dec. 21, 2016, the twin brothers and a third juvenile placed a food order with an Ansonia restaurant that was to be delivered on Dwight Street. When the driver arrived at the location, the thre…
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New Haven Man Sentenced For Robbery
A Connecticut man is set to spend nearly a decade behind bars for robbery and weapon charges dating back to an incident more than two years ago. New Haven resident Shaquille Richardson, 25, has been sentenced to 117 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release after pleading guilty to one count of Hobbs Act Robbery and one count of carrying a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence earlier this year. Shortly before 1:45 a.m. on June 30, 2016, officers from the New Haven Police Department were dispatched to Ferry Street, where there were reports of a man who had been …
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Man Admits To Committing Multiple Violent Armed Robberies
A 44-year-old man is facing 25 years in prison after admitting to federal robbery and weapon charges following a violent armed robbery spree late last year that spilled into January this year. Jeffrey Stokarski of Waterbury pleaded guilty in New Haven to one count of Hobbs Act Robbery and one count of using a firearm in relation to a crime of violence for a spree that lasted from Dec. 27 through Jan. 9 in Connecticut. During his spree, Stokarski admitted to entering the Henny Penny on the Meriden Waterbury Turnpike in Southington on Dec. 27 last year. He pushed the store clerk into the coun…
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