Essex County Man Sentenced to 131 Months in Prison for Armed Robbery

NEWARK, N.J. - An Essex County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 131 months in prison for an armed robbery of a store in Essex County, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

Quayon Moore, 25, of Newark, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Michael E. Farbiarz to an indictment charging him with Hobbs Act robbery and using and discharging a firearm in relation to crime of violence. Judge Farbiarz imposed the sentenced today in Newark federal court.

According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court:

On Dec. 8, 2021, Moore entered a store and pointed a gun at a store employee and demanded that the employee give Moore everything he had. Moore shot the firearm toward the employee's direction, and the bullet hit the wall behind the employee. While continuing to point the firearm at the employee, Moore took money from the cash register, and an iPhone.

In addition to the prison term, Judge Farbiarz sentenced Moore to five years of supervised release, and ordered restitution of $1,000.

U.S. Attorney Sellinger credited FBI Newark's Violent Crimes Task Force, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge James E. Dennehy; the Newark Police Department, under the direction of Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé; and the Essex County Prosecutor's Office, under the direction of Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II, with the investigation leading to today's sentencing.

The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Farhana C. Melo and Chelsea D. Coleman of the Criminal Division in Newark.