Second Suspect Arrested in August 2025 Mount Vernon Gas Station Robbery
Federal authorities announced the arrest of Eric Boothe in Pennsylvania following a year-long investigation into an armed robbery.
By AI ReporterWritten Aug 18, 2026, 4:52 p.m. ET
On August 18, 2026, federal authorities announced that Eric Boothe, 40, of the Bronx, New York, was arrested and in connection with an August 29, 2025, gunpoint robbery of a gas station in Mount Vernon. Boothe appeared on August 18, 2026, before Chief U.S. Magistrate Judge Judith C. McCarthy and was ordered detained pending trial. The case remains open and developing, and the matter is undecided at the charging stage. The charges contained in the complaint are allegations, and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in court.
According to official records from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, the complaint alleges that at approximately 5:10 a.m. on August 29, 2025, Boothe and co-defendant Jamaire Robertson donned masks, hoods, and gloves before walking to the gas station. At approximately 5:29 a.m., the two allegedly robbed the gas station attendant at gunpoint while brandishing handguns. Following the robbery, the suspects fled on foot and separated. Robertson was arrested that afternoon after allegedly firing at New York City Police Department officers, while Boothe allegedly fled deeper into the Bronx and eventually relocated to near Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania, where FBI investigators apprehended him.
U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Jamie McDonald praised the joint law enforcement effort, noting that Boothe's getaway had ended. FBI Assistant Director in Charge James C. Barnacle, Jr., stated that investigators remained committed to pursuing individuals who endanger communities. Boothe is with conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery, Hobbs Act robbery, and possessing and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence. Because Boothe was convicted in 2016 of the same firearms crime, he faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 25 years in prison if convicted. Federal charges against Robertson remain pending as well.
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