Mark Thomas Moore Sentenced to 180 Months for D.C. Robbery Spree
A District of Columbia man was sentenced on Aug. 18, 2026, for a series of armed holdups targeting service workers.
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Aug 18, 2026, 4:23 p.m. ET
Mark Thomas Moore Sentenced to 180 Months for Armed Robbery Spree
On Aug. 18, 2026, Mark Thomas Moore, 35, of the District of Columbia, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 180 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for a series of armed robberies, according to official records from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia. Judge Amit P. Mehta delivered the sentence after federal prosecutors requested a 180-month prison term.
Moore was convicted on Nov. 6, 2025, following a bench trial before Judge Mehta. Official court records state he was convicted of two counts of interference with commerce by robbery, one count of armed robbery while armed, one count of possession of a firearm during a crime of violence, and one count of armed postal robbery.
According to court documents, Moore used a BB gun in the fall of 2022 to rob service workers at businesses and a U.S. Post Office in the District and Arlington, Virginia. "Mark Moore targeted hardworking employees who were simply doing their jobs. He threatened them at gunpoint, leaving many with lasting trauma," U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro said in a statement. The investigation was conducted by the FBI Washington Field Office, the Metropolitan Police Department, and the Arlington County Police Department.
Aug 18, 2026, 4:21 p.m. ETFirst report
Mark Thomas Moore Sentenced to 180 Months for Armed Robbery Spree
On August 18, 2026, 35-year-old Mark Thomas Moore of the District of Columbia was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 180 months in prison and five years of supervised release, according to records from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia. Judge Amit P. Mehta handed down the sentence following Moore's conviction on November 6, 2025, during a bench trial. Moore was convicted of two counts of interference with commerce by robbery, one count of armed robbery while armed, one count of possession of a firearm during a crime of violence, and one count of armed postal robbery. The event status remains open and developing.
According to official court records, Moore armed himself with a BB gun in the fall of 2022 to rob service workers in Washington and Arlington, Virginia. On October 26, 2022, Moore held an employee at gunpoint at a McDonald's on the 1500 block of Pennsylvania Avenue SE and forced another employee to fill a bag with cash. On November 9, 2022, Moore pointed the BB gun at a worker at a 7-Eleven on the 1500 block of Independence Ave. SE. On November 28, 2022, he robbed a U.S. Postal Service facility on the 600 block of Pennsylvania Ave., SE, and a CVS in Arlington, Virginia, where he took a bank note containing a GPS tracker before fleeing on a green bicycle.
Law enforcement recovered the BB gun, DNA, fingerprints, and clothes linking Moore to the crimes. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro said, "Mark Moore targeted hardworking employees who were simply doing their jobs. He threatened them at gunpoint, leaving many with lasting trauma."
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