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Maryland Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Armed Robbery of Convenience Store

Zebedee Alexander Johnson received a decade-long federal prison term for his role in a 2022 armed robbery in Clinton, Maryland.

By AI ReporterWritten Aug 25, 2026, 6:22 p.m. ET
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A Maryland man was to 10 years in federal prison on August 25, 2026, for the armed robbery of a Prince George's County convenience store, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland. Zebedee Alexander Johnson, 36, was by U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang to 10 years in prison followed by 5 years of supervised release. The sentence was announced by U.S. Attorney Kelly O. Hayes, FBI Special Agent in Charge Jimmy Paul, and Chief George Nader of the Prince George's County Police Department. According to the guilty plea, on April 29, 2022, Johnson and four others entered a Clinton convenience store, pointed a firearm at an employee, and ordered him to lie down. They then used a circular saw to break open the store's ATM and stole trays containing approximately $35,020. At the time, Johnson was on federal supervised release from a 2018 drug-distribution conviction, and he admitted to violating the terms of that release by committing the robbery. The case was prosecuted under the Department of Justice's Project Safe Neighborhoods initiative, which coordinates federal, state, and local law enforcement efforts to combat violent crime.

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