Man Who Helped Steal $35K From ATM Sentenced

LAUREL, MD — A Laurel man has been sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to robbing a convenience store with a gun while his co-conspirators broke into an ATM, stealing about $35,000.

According to his guilty plea, Marquis Hayes Henderson, 24, and four other co-conspirators met April 29, 2022, at a Clinton storage lot before driving a stolen vehicle to a nearby convenience store. Henderson pointed a firearm at an employee outside the store before ordering the worker to go inside and lay down in one of the aisles.

Another co-conspirator entered the store with a power tool and broke open the store’s ATM. The second thief worked with a third suspect to take $35,020 in cash from the ATM. The trio joined the other two co-conspirators who were waiting in the stolen vehicle before fleeing.

U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang sentenced Henderson to seven years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release for robbery and use of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.