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Jail: The Sentence for Stamford Jewelry Robber
Prosecutors: The suspect in the smash-and-grab heist drove from Detroit to rob the Stamford Town Center Mall store.
One of the suspects in the smash-and-grab jewelry heist at the Stamford Town Center was sentenced to more than four years in jail for his role in the November 2014 robbery.
Dajuhn Griffin, 20, of Detroit, MI, was sentenced Thursday by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 51 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, according to an announcement from Deirdre M. Daly, Connecticut’s U.S. Attorney.
According to court documents and statements made in court, on Nov. 26, 2014, Griffin and others stole a Stamford resident’s SUV and drove it to the Stamford Town Center Mall. Griffin and two accomplices, armed with hammers, entered Sidney Thomas Jewelers and used the hammers to smash open a jewelry display case and swipe more than $250,000 worth of Rolex watches.
The trio then fled with security guards in pursuit. One of Griffin’s accomplices, Richard Mathew Bailey, was caught and apprehended inside the mall while fleeing.
After the robbery, Stamford Police found the stolen SUV running in the mall’s parking garage.
Griffin was arrested in Detroit on April 6, 2015. On Sept. 4, 2015, he pleaded guilty to one count of interfering with commerce by robbery.
Griffin, who had been released on bond, was remanded to custody at the conclusion of Thursday’s sentencing.
Richard Mathew Bailey and Brian Moore, both from Detroit, previously pleaded guilty to the same charge. According to documents, Moore helped organize and carry out the robbery by soliciting others to participate and partially funding it. He also drove accomplices from Detroit to Stamford to carry out the robbery and picked them up after the robbery so they could return to Detroit.
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On Nov. 23, 2015, Moore was sentenced to 48 months of imprisonment. Bailey awaits sentencing. A fourth defendant, also a resident of Detroit, has been charged and is awaiting trial.
The case is being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Stamford Police Department and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Gabriel J. Vidoni.
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