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Philadelphia Man Sentenced to 52 Months for Armed Robbery of South Jersey Cell Phone Store

Tymair Harris, 23, was sentenced for his role in the November 2022 gunpoint robbery of a Verizon store in Voorhees, New Jersey.

By AI ReporterWritten Sep 2, 2026, 6:05 p.m. ET
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PHILADELPHIA – Tymair Harris, 23, of Philadelphia, was on September 2, 2026, to 52 months in prison and three years of supervised release for his role in the armed robbery of a South Jersey cell phone store, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Harris pleaded guilty in March to conspiracy to commit a robbery interfering with interstate commerce (Hobbs Act robbery). Court filings state that on November 28, 2022, Harris and co-conspirators robbed a Verizon Wireless store on Route 73 in Voorhees, New Jersey. Harris used a firearm to force employees into a back room and held them at gunpoint. The group fled with more than $61,000 in electronics. Later that evening, after a police chase of approximately nine miles from Voorhees to Philadelphia, Harris was apprehended by Philadelphia Police. The case was investigated by FBI Philadelphia's Violent Crimes Task Force and South Jersey Resident Agency, and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Meghan A. Farley and Lauren Stram.

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