Prince George’s County Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Armed Robbery

Baltimore , Maryland - U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang sentenced Marquis Hayes Henderson, 24, Laurel, Maryland, to seven years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release for robbery and use of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.

Erek L. Barron, U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland, announced the sentence with Special Agent in Charge William J. DelBagno, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Baltimore Field Office, and Chief Malik Aziz, Prince George's County Police Department.

According to the guilty plea, Henderson and four other co-conspirators met on April 29, 2022, at a Clinton-Maryland storage lot before driving a stolen vehicle to a nearby convenience store. Henderson brought and pointed a firearm at an employee outside of the store before ordering the worker to go inside and lay down in one of the aisles. Meanwhile, another co-conspirator entered the store with a power tool and broke open the store's ATM. The second co-conspirator worked with a third co-conspirator to take $35,020 in cash from the ATM. The trio joined the other two co-conspirators who were waiting in the stolen vehicle before fleeing.

This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods ("PSN"), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and gun violence, and to make our neighborhoods safer for everyone. On May 26, 2021, the Department launched a violent crime reduction strategy strengthening PSN based on these core principles: fostering trust and legitimacy in our communities, supporting community-based organizations that help prevent violence from occurring in the first place, setting focused and strategic enforcement priorities, and measuring the results.

U.S. Attorney Barron commended the FBI and Prince George's County Police Department for their work in the investigation. Mr. Barron also thanked Assistant U.S. Attorneys Joshua A. Rosenthal and William D. Moomau who prosecuted the case.

For more information about the Maryland U.S. Attorney's Office, its priorities, and resources available to help the community, please visit www.justice.gov/usao-md/project-safe-childhood and https://www.justice.gov/usao-md/community-outreach.

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