Lenox Mall Smash-and-Grab Crew Sentenced

BUCKHEAD, GA -- A Detroit-based robbery crew has been sentenced to federal prison for a brazen smash-and-grab committed at a high-end jewelry store in Lenox Square Mall in 2013, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said Thursday.

Damien Gayles, Kamauri Kennedy, Corey Burrows, Allen Adams, Lorenzo Terry, Anthony Hill, Jason Arnold, and Jasmine Dozier were sentenced to prison for terms ranging from 2 years, 7 months to years, 8 months for their roles in the June 21, 2013 robbery of the Mayors Jewelry Store.

Burrows, Adams, Terry, Hill, and Arnold entered the store during business hours, smashed open glass display counters with sledgehammers, and stole approximately 19 Rolex watches worth $637,600, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. Kennedy and Dozier were the getaway drivers.

The stolen watches were given to Gayles and Kenneth Thomas, who has since passed away. Gayles and Thomas paid the crew and sold the watches to various fences in the Detroit area, according to the attorney’s office.

Thomas and other crew members were arrested in July 2013 by FBI agents just as they were preparing to strike another store in Florida, the attorney’s office said.

The following five defendants pleaded guilty to interfering with commerce by robbery, and/or conspiring to interfere with commerce by robbery, and were sentenced by U.S. District Judge Thomas W. Thrash as follows:

• Corey Burrows, 27, was sentenced on September 3, 2015, to four years, three months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $276,465. Burrows was convicted of these charges on May 26, 2015.
• Jasmine Dozier, 26, was sentenced on May 6, 2015, to two years, three months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $276,465. Dozier was convicted of these charges on February 27, 2015.
• Damien Gayles, 25, was sentenced was sentenced on March 2, 2015, to seven years, eight months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $276,465. Gayles was convicted of these charges on October 10, 2014.
• Allen Adams, 28, was sentenced on November 10, 2014, to four years, three months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $276,465. Adams was convicted of these charges on August 22, 2014.
• Kamauri Kennedy, 26, was sentenced on September 9, 2014, to five years, ten months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $276,465. Kennedy was convicted of these charges on June 17, 2014.

The following three defendants pleaded guilty to interfering with commerce by robbery, and/or conspiring to interfere with commerce by robbery, and were sentenced by U.S. District Judges in the Eastern District of Michigan, as follows:

• Lorenzo Terry, 22, was sentenced on December 9, 2015, to four years in prison, by Judge David Lawson, to be followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $276,465. Terry was convicted of these charges on August 5, 2015.
• Anthony Hill, 26, was sentenced on August 25, 2015, to four years, nine months in prison, by Chief Judge Gerald E. Rosen, to be followed by two years of supervised release, and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $276,465. Hill was convicted of these charges on May 19, 2015.
• Jason Arnold, 21, was sentenced on May 20, 2015, to three years in prison, by Chief Judge Gerald E. Rosen, to be followed by two years of supervised release, and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $276,465. Arnold was convicted of these charges on November 14, 2014.