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Date: 09-28-2019
Case Style:
United States of America v. Eric Henry Woodberry
Case Number: 2:18-cr-00049-RAJ
Judge: Richard A. Jones
Court: United States District Court for the Western District of Washington (King County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: Erin H. Becker and Stephen P. Hobbs
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Description:
Seattle, WA - rmed robber sentenced to 11+ years in prison for Mountlake Terrace cannabis store robbery
Defendant and co-defendant caught hiding nearby after forcing store staff onto the floor at gunpoint
One of two men who robbed a marijuana store at gunpoint was sentenced to 138 months in prison and five years of supervised release for three federal felonies. ERIC HENRY WOODBERRY, 23, was convicted in June 2019, of robbery, possession of marijuana with intent to distribute and aiding and abetting possession of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence and a drug trafficking crime. At the sentencing hearing U.S. District Judge Richard A. Jones said, the robbery was a “very aggressive, very violent action on your part… (the victims) were terrified.”
According to records in the case and testimony at trial, WOODBERRY and co-defendant Bradford M. Johnson robbed Rainier Cannabis in Mountlake Terrace, Washington on November 21, 2017. The men entered the store carrying a stolen short-barreled rifle and a handgun. Both wore masks. They forced the employees onto the floor, took their phones and then ordered two of the employees to fill large bags with marijuana products and cash. When they saw police arriving at the front of the store, they ran out the back and attempted to hide from police in the nearby neighborhood. With the assistance of a police tracking dog, officers located WOODBERRY hiding in a boat trailered next to a house a few blocks from the store. Johnson was located a short time later.
Court records detail two other robberies and a Seattle robbery/burglary linked in police reports and state charging documents to WOODBERRY.
Johnson is scheduled for sentencing on November 22, 2019.
The case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) and the Mountlake Terrace Police Department, with assistance from the Lynnwood Police Department, Edmonds Police Department, Everett Police Department, King County Sheriff’s Office, and Washington State Patrol.
Outcome: Robbery - 18:1951(a), (b)(1) and 2
(1s) 18 months in custody of the Bureau of Prisons, to run concurrently with Count 2s and consecutively to Count 4s; 5 years of supervised release with standard and special conditions as set forth in the Judgment; $100.00 special assessment per count; fine waived; restitution to be determined
Possession of Marijuana with Intent to Distribute - 21:841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(D)
(2s) 18 months in custody of the Bureau of Prisons, to run concurrently with Count 1s and consecutively to Count 4s; 5 years of supervised release with standard and special conditions as set forth in the Judgment; $100.00 special assessment per count; fine waived; restitution to be determined
Aiding and Abetting Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Crime of Violence and a Drug Trafficking Crime - 18:924(c)(1)(A)(ii) and (B)(i) and 2
(4s) 120 months in custody of the Bureau of Prisons, to run consecutively to Counts 1s and 2s; 5 years of supervised release with standard and special conditions as set forth in the Judgment; $100.00 special assessment per count; fine waived; restitution to be determined
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