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Date: 02-13-2019
Case Style:
United States of America v. Octavius DeJuan Phillips
Case Number: 3:18-cr-00179-MOC-DCK
Judge: Max O. Cogburn
Court: United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina (Mecklenburg County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: Erik Lindahl
Defendant's Attorney: Erin Kimberly Taylor
Description:
Charlotte, NC - Project Safe Neighborhoods Initiative Leads To 10-Year Sentence For Man Convicted Of Armed Robbery
Octavius DeJuan Phillips, 30, of Gastonia, N.C., was sentenced to 121 months in prison and three years of supervised release on armed robbery charges.
According to filed documents and statements made in court, on August 26, 2017, Phillips committed a robbery at the Family Dollar store located at 3400 Wilkinson Boulevard, in Charlotte. Court records show that Phillips entered the store at 9:54 a.m., armed with a silver handgun. Phillips approached the store clerk, pointed his firearm at the employee and demanded money from the register. The store clerk complied and Phillips fled the scene with the store’s money. He was apprehended the same day in Pineville, N.C. In October 2018, Phillips pleaded guilty to Hobbs Act robbery and brandishing a firearm during, in relation to, and in furtherance of a crime of violence. Court records show that Phillips has a previous felony drug conviction and multiple assault convictions.
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In a separate case, Quincy Lamonte Love, 27, Kannapolis, N.C., was sentenced to 60 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release for possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense. According to court records, on March 27, 2017, law enforcement found Love inside of a car with drugs and firearms. Following Love’s arrest, law enforcement seized a Glock, model 42, .380 caliber pistol and a Desert Eagle, .45 caliber pistol. Love has previous felony convictions and is prohibited from possessing firearms.
In making today’s announcement U.S. Attorney Murray commended the FBI and the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) for investigating Phillips’ case, and thanked U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and CMPD for conducting the investigation into Love.
These cases have been brought as part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), the U.S. Justice Department’s program to reduce violent crime. The PSN approach emphasizes coordination between state and federal prosecutors and all levels of law enforcement to address gun crime, especially felons illegally possessing firearms and ammunition and violent and drug crimes that involve the use of firearms.
Charge:
18 U.S.C. 1951 HOBBS ACTS ROBBERY
(1)
18 U.S.C. 924(c) BRANDISHING A FIREARM DURING, IN RELATION TO AND IN FURTHERANCE OF A CRIME OF VIOLENCE
(2)
Outcome: 02/11/2019 Minute Entry: SENTENCING as to Octavius Dejuan Phillips held before District Judge Max O. Cogburn, Jr. Factual Basis Found. Government attorney: Erik Lindahl. Defendant attorney: Erin Taylor. Court Reporter: Cheryl Nuccio. (ams) (Entered: 02/11/2019)
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