A Reno man faces 20 years in prison after being convicted of robbing two stores at gunpoint in Sparks in 2019.
The Department of Justice says 32-year-old Edward Monet Knight was found guilty on Monday by a federal jury on two counts of interference with commerce by robbery and two counts of use of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.
Authorities say Knight threatened a liquor store clerk with a gun, and then the next day, on July 8th, he told a convenience store clerk, "what do you mean knock it off, with a real gun that’s a good way to get yourself killed.” Court documents says Knight then pointed a semi-automatic handgun at the clerk and ordered the clerk to give him all the money in the cash register.
Sparks police say they later found an abandoned car with the handgun, stolen money and Knight's identification card.
Knight is scheduled to be sentenced on June 21.
