Tampa, FL – U.S. District Judge Susan C.
Bucklew sentenced Andre King (33, Tampa) today to 32 years in federal prison
for brandishing and using a firearm in connection with two armed robberies.
King was also sentenced to a four year term of supervised release following his
incarceration and ordered to pay restitution to several of his victims. King
pled guilty to these crimes on April 27, 2012.
According to testimony and evidence, on
July 10, 2010, King entered the Mobil gas station and convenience store located
at 2510 Highway 60 East in Valrico, and pointed a firearm at the store manager.
King stole approximately $600 from the store cash drawers, but was not able to
force the clerk to open the store safe before he fled. On September 25, 2011,
King entered another Mobil gas station and Prime Time Food Store located at
3185 Dover Road in Dover. He pointed a firearm at the clerk and stole
approximately $2,500 from the store's cash drawers. Prior to his arrest, King,
whom law enforcement authorities had dubbed the "Seffner Bandit", had
been connected to several similar armed robberies in Hillsborough County
between January 2010 and October 2011.
This case was investigated by the Bureau
of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), the Tampa Police
Department, and the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. It was prosecuted by
Assistant United States Attorney Jay Hoffer.
It is another case prosecuted as a part
of the Department of Justice's "Project Safe Neighborhoods" program -
a nationwide, gun-violence reduction strategy led by ATF. United States
Attorney Robert E. O'Neill, along with Virginia O'Brien, Special Agent in
Charge, ATF, is coordinating the Project Safe Neighborhoods effort here in the
Middle District of Florida in cooperation with federal, state, and local law
enforcement officials.
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