COURT NEWS: Maryland needs more mass incarceration of criminals, these armed robbers are helping to meet that goal

IS THIS PIRATE JACK SPARROW?
Sentenced To Ten Years In Federal Prison For Committing An Armed Robbery Of A Phone Store

Baltimore, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Brendan A. Hurson, on June 7, 2024, sentenced Marvin Benjamin Sparrow, 32, of Baltimore, Maryland, to ten years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for an armed commercial robbery of a T-Mobile store in Baltimore County, Maryland. 

According to his guilty plea in federal court, in January 2020, Sparrow and his co-conspirators planned and committed armed robberies of three businesses located in Howard, Anne Arundel, and Baltimore Counties.  Specifically, Sparrow participated in the January 22, 2020, armed robbery of a T-Mobile store located in Dundalk, Maryland.  During the robbery, Sparrow’s co-conspirator brandished a gun, and then Sparrow and the co-conspirator stole cellphones and other electronic devices.  After the robbery, Sparrow and two co-conspirators were apprehended and arrested by law enforcement officers. 

One of the Defendants Brandished a Gun in Each Robbery

During each robbery, Moore brandished a firearm to use fear to obtain money and/or other items from the businesses. For example, on January 4, 2019, Moore and Rankin robbed a cell phone store in Essex, Maryland.  Moore carried a loaded handgun.  When the store employee resisted giving the robbers money from the business, Moore took the magazine out of the handgun, showed it to the employee, and said, “You can see it’s loaded.  We’re not playing games.  Give us the d**n money.”  The handgun was loaded with hollow point bullets.  During the robbery, Moore struck the employee with the handgun.  Moore and Rankin fled using a get-away vehicle driven by Glover.  The robbers stole $739 from the store. Moore and Rankin admitted that they committed at least eight additional robberies, with Moore brandishing a gun during each robbery, often pointing the gun at employees.  Moore and Rankin fled each robbery using the same get-away vehicle driven by Glover.  The conspirators stole a total of at least $15,500 in cash, as well as merchandise, including game systems and food.

Frederick County Man Sentenced To Twelve Years In Federal Prison For Committing Two Armed Robberies

Baltimore, Maryland – On Friday, June 21, 2024, United States District Judge Ellen L. Hollander sentenced Anthony Jason Young, 38, of Jefferson, Maryland, to twelve years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for the armed robberies of an American Legion Post and a bank, both located in Frederick County, Maryland. 

Disposition
18:1951(a) INTERFERENCE WITH COMMERCE BY ROBBERY; 18:2 AIDING AND ABETTING
(1) IMPRISONMENT for a total term of 60 months as to Count 1; 84 months as to Count 2, consecutive to Count 1, for a total term of 144 months (12 years). The defendant shall receive credit for time served beginning December 16, 2019; SUPERVISED RELEASE for a term of 3 years as to count 1; 3 years as to count 2 to run concurrently, for a total term of 3 years; ASSESSMENT $200.00; RESTITUTION $1,053.00
18:924(c)(1)(a)(ii) USING, CARRYING, AND BRANDISHING A FIREARM DURING AND IN RELATION TO A CRIME OF VIOLENCE; 18:2 AIDING AND ABETTING
(2) IMPRISONMENT for a total term of 60 months as to Count 1; 84 months as to Count 2, consecutive to Count 1, for a total term of 144 months (12 years). The defendant shall receive credit for time served beginning December 16, 2019; SUPERVISED RELEASE for a term of 3 years as to count 1; 3 years as to count 2 to run concurrently, for a total term of 3 years; ASSESSMENT $200.00; RESTITUTION $1,053.00

The sentence was announced by Erek L. Barron, U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland, Special Agent in Charge William J. DelBagno of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Baltimore Field Office, and Chief Jason Lando of the Frederick Police Department.

According to his plea agreement, on November 18, 2019, Young and another suspect entered the American Legion, Francis Scott Key Post 11, in Frederick, Maryland.  The two men entered the bar of the Post, brandishing a black handgun.  The men grabbed an employee, struck him in the mouth twice, and then restrained him with zip ties.  The men then stole a large sum of U.S. currency.  Witnesses observed the suspects entering a car that was determined to be registered to Young.  On December 5, 2019, the Woodsboro Bank in Frederick reported an armed robbery.  The suspect matched the description of Young.  Employees and witnesses stated that a man entered the bank armed with a small black handgun and was able to steal a large sum of U.S. currency.  The suspect then left the bank, entered a car, and left the area.  The car was traced back to Young.

On December 16, 2019, search warrants were executed at Young’s home.  During the search, law enforcement officers seized clothing and items that matched the description of one of the suspects from the American Legion robbery and the suspect from the bank robbery.  Young was arrested and taken into custody.  He waived his rights and confessed to committing both robberies. 

Gary Leon Holloway Sentenced To Fourteen Years In Federal Prison For Committing Armed Robberies Of Three Cellphone Stores In Howard County, Anne Arundel County And Baltimore County, Maryland

His friends call him ‘Punchy’, you can call him Jailbird

Baltimore, Maryland – United States District Judge Brendan A. Hurson, on June 21, 2024, sentenced Gary Leon Holloway, 46, of Baltimore, Maryland, to fourteen years in federal prison, followed by four years of supervised release, for the armed robberies of cellphone stores located in Howard County, Anne Arundel County, and Baltimore County, Maryland. 

According to his guilty plea, in January 2020, Holloway and his co-conspirators planned and committed armed robberies of three commercial businesses.  Specifically, on January 4, January 15, and January 22, Holloway and at least one of his co-defendants robbed cellphone stores in Ellicott City, Glen Burnie, and Dundalk, Maryland, respectively.  Holloway brandished a gun in each robbery and he and his co-defendant stole cellphones and other electronic devices.  In the first robbery, Holloway and his co-defendant also stole the wallets of two employees and in the third robbery, they forced the employees to open and empty the safe and stole cash in addition to the cellphones and electronic devices.  After the third robbery, Holloway and two co-defendants were arrested in Baltimore County.

Holloway was busted for dealing cocaine in 2010 and sentenced to over eight years in slammer

A Frederick man will spend eight years and four months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute powder and crack cocaine, heroin and marijuana, U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein announced after a sentencing hearing Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Baltimore.

The federal system offers no probation or parole, which means Gary Holloway, 32, known as Punchy to his associates, will spend 100 months in a prison that could be outside Maryland.

Holloway is the fifth defendant to be prosecuted under the Frederick County Exile program since it was launched in April 2009.

Project Exile is a coordinated effort by local, state and federal agencies to fight violent crime, especially gun crimes involving repeat offenders. Federal authorities said Holloway conspired with others to distribute narcotics in spring 2009.

Frederick police found a large plastic bag in the inner parts of the athletic shorts Holloway had on under his blue jeans during a search of his apartment on Heather Ridge Drive on March 6, 2009. Inside the bag were several smaller bags of crack cocaine, powder cocaine, heroin and marijuana, authorities said. They also seized $355 from Holloway’s front pants pocket.

On May 13, 2009, officers went to a Providence Court residence and found that Holloway had used a .45-caliber Ruger revolver in the commission of a drug trafficking crime, authorities said.

Police found crack cocaine, heroin, and marijuana in the room where Holloway had been.

On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett also ordered Holloway to serve three years of supervised release after he completes his sentence.

“Exemplary coordination by local, state and federal law enforcement agencies is enabling us to make significant progress in fighting violent crime in Frederick County,” Rosenstein said.