Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced the conviction in Manhattan federal court of MARIO POWELL for the armed robbery and shooting of a cab driver in the Bronx on March 17, 2018. The jury convicted POWELL following a four-day trial before U.S. District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer.
According to the allegations in the Indictment and the evidence presented during the trial:
On March 17, 2018, POWELL took a cab from one neighborhood in the Bronx to another. Upon reaching his requested destination, POWELL robbed the cab driver at gunpoint, obtained $23 from the cab driver, and shot the cab driver nine times. POWELL fled the scene and was subsequently arrested on March 23, 2018.
POWELL, 33, of the Bronx, New York, was convicted of one count of Hobbs Act robbery, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison; and one count of the use, carrying, and possession of a firearm, which was brandished and discharged, which carries a mandatory minimum sentence of10 years in prison and a maximum sentence of life in prison.
The statutory minimum and maximum penalties are prescribed by Congress and are provided here for informational purposes only, as any sentencing of the defendant would be determined by the judge. POWELL is scheduled to be sentenced by Judge Engelmayer on October 3, 2023.
Mr. Williams praised the outstanding investigative work of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (“ATF”) and the New York City Police Department (“NYPD”), in particular, the Strategic Patterned Armed Robbery Technical Apprehension (“SPARTA”) Task Force, which is composed of agents and officers of the ATF and the NYPD
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