Orlando, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that Julis Denson (Orlando, 30), Marquis Denson (Orlando, 31), Capree Patterson (Orlando, 26), Alvin Kendrick (Orlando, 42), and Isaac Tolbert (Orlando, 38) have pleaded guilty to robbery and brandishing a firearm in relation to the robbery of a Cash America Pawn store in Orlando. In addition to the armed robbery, Marquis Denson has also pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. Each faces a maximum penalty of life in federal prison. The sentencing dates have not yet been set.
According to the plea agreement, on December 7, 2016, Kendrick drove Marquis Denson, Julis Denson, Patterson, and Tolbert to the Cash America Pawn store in the Pine Hills area of Orlando. Marquis Denson took a.45 caliber pistol into the store, brandished it, and demanded that the employees empty the cash registers. Meanwhile, Patterson used a sledgehammer to break the glass display cases so that he, Julis Denson, and Tolbert could take the jewelry. Shortly after, Marquis Denson, Julis Denson, Patterson, and Tolbert exited the store with 99 pieces of jewelry, worth nearly $35,000, and $949 cash. They then jumped into the car that Kendrick had waiting and fled to a home several miles away. Law enforcement officers arrived at the home shortly after and arrested Patterson and Marquis Denson as they fled on foot. The remaining individuals were arrested several days later.
This case was investigated by the Orange County Sheriff’s Office and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. It is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Shawn P. Napier.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
