Travis Day Robbed the Valero Fast Mart in Marion in April 2019
Abingdon, VIRGINIA - Travis Day, a Tennessee man, who in April 2019 robbed the Valero Mart in Marion, Virginia and was arrested two weeks later by police in West Virginia, was sentenced last week in federal court in Abingdon to 108 months in prison, United States Attorney Thomas T. Cullen announced.
In September 2019, Day, 48, pleaded guilty to one count of armed robbery and one count of using a firearm in relation to a federal crime of violence.
According to court documents, on April 18, 2019, Day interfered with commerce by threats or violence in relation to his armed robbery of the Valero Fast Mart in Marion. Following an investigation and search by law enforcement in Virginia, Tennessee, and West Virginia, Day was arrested on May 2, 2019 in West Virginia, with the assistance of the West Virginia State Police.
The investigation of the case was conducted by the Marion Police Department, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. Assistant United States Attorneys Lena Busscher and Whit D. Pierce prosecuted the case for the United States.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
