The Nevada Department of Justice says several men have been sentenced for their role in a string of armed robberies at cell phone stores in Las Vegas.
20-year-old Fred Oaxaca and 20-year-old Martin Garcia have been sentenced to 12 years in prison. Luis Cuevas 22, has been sentenced to seven years and one month and 22-year-old Marcus Hammon was sentenced to nearly 9 years in prison.
The DOJ reports Oaxaca, Garcia, and Cuevas pleaded guilty in armed robberies of an AT&T store and a Verizon Wireless store on Feb.16 and 25 in 2016. Officials say Hammon participated in the robbery on Feb. 25, for which he pled guilty.Â
The Department of Justice says during the course of the robberies Oaxaca, Garcia, and Hammon ordered the employees and customers to go to the rear of the store and to lay face down on the ground. They stole cell phones, electronics, and cash and fled the scene in a car being driven by Cuevas, who had remained outside.
Oaxaca admitted to an additional two armed robberies at T-Mobile on Feb. 12 and 18 last year. Oaxaca says he and co-conspirators demanded employees go to the rear of the store and lay face down on the ground before tying the victims' hands with zip-ties and stealing cell phones, electronics, and cash totaling more than $95,000.
FBI and the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department led the investigations. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Phillip N. Smith Jr.
