PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney William M. McSwain
announced that Darryl Goodman, 55, and Nieem Cann, 26, both of Philadelphia,
PA, were arrested and charged by Indictment for a series of violent robberies
across the Delaware Valley over a four month period early last year. The ten-count Indictment charges Goodman and
Cann with various offenses including conspiracy, Hobbs Act robbery, brandishing
a firearm, carjacking, and possession of fentanyl with intent to deliver.
Between February and May 2019, the defendants are alleged to
have perpetrated a string of violent robberies and attempted robberies of
delivery workers and drivers for a pharmaceutical supplies company, TXX
Services. The defendants’ alleged
attacks on TXX drivers spanned a large geographic area that includes the City
of Philadelphia, Montgomery County, Delaware County and into New Jersey. For each robbery, the defendants—working with
other co-conspirators—would travel to TXX Services’ warehouse in Cherry Hill,
NJ in the early morning hours and then follow a delivery van along its route. Goodman and Cann would then assault the
driver in the course of a delivery, carjack the delivery van and abduct the
victim, and drive the van to another location in order to raid its supplies and
resell them on the street. In one of the
incidents alleged in the Indictment, the robbery of a TXX delivery worker at
Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital in March 2019, the defendants managed to steal over
$140,000 worth of controlled substances and hospital supplies, including
numerous vials of fentanyl citrate, a highly addictive opioid pain medicine.
“The allegations here are appalling, as the defendants
ruthlessly stalked their victims before violently assaulting them,” said U.S.
Attorney McSwain. “The TXX employees were simply doing their jobs, delivering
much-needed medicine and supplies to healthcare centers, and of course should
not have had to worry about having a gun pointed at them. It takes a special kind of depravity to steal
medicine and hospital supplies in this manner.
We will continue to work relentlessly to hold dangerous criminals
accountable and get them off of the streets.”
“Not only did these defendants allegedly commit a string of
brazen, violent carjack robberies, they did so in order to steal and sell
controlled pharmaceuticals, including fentanyl, on the street,” said Michael T.
Harpster, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI's Philadelphia Division. “Know
that the Philadelphia Violent Crimes Task Force is working each and every day
to stop dangerous criminals who have decided to make their money preying on the
public.”
If convicted, both defendants face a maximum possible sentence
of life imprisonment.
The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation’s Violent Crimes Task Force and is being prosecuted by Assistant
United States Attorney Sara Solow.
An indictment, information, or criminal complaint is an accusation.
A defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
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