Alleged Exxon Armed Robber Indicted by Federal Grand Jury

The man who allegedly went on a 24-hour crime spree in November of 2012, making the armed robbery of the Red Bank Exxon one of his targets, has been indicted by a federal grand jury.

Quam Wilson, 23, of Neptune Township, is charged in the 11-count indictment with five counts of committing a Hobbs Act robbery, five counts of using a firearm during a crime of violence and one count of possession of a firearm by a previously convicted felon.

Wilson, according to a release from the U.S. Department of Justice, engaged in a crime spree that began at approximately 5 a.m. on Nov. 13, 2012 when he allegedly shot and robbed a cab driver in Asbury Park. The cab driver, who was hospitalized for gunshot wound to head, survived. Wilson allegedly took the cab driver’s identification and debit card during the robbery.

He then allegedly robbed an Ocean Township Shell gas station attendant at gunpoint at 7 a.m. and later that morning, he attempted to obtain money from the cab driver’s bank account from several local banks, the release said.

Suspecting that a theft was taking place, a bank employee confiscated the identification and debit card from Wilson and contacted police, according to the release from the federal Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney, District of New Jersey.

At about 9 p.m. Wilson allegedly committed robbery at a Long Branch taxi stand at gunpoint; and early the next day, he allegedly went on to commit an armed robbery at a Red Bank Exxon gas station, the release said.

A short time later, Wilson entered a Quick Check convenience store in Neptune Township. Again, he allegedly pointed a handgun at a cashier and demanded money, according to the release. Wilson was arrested at approximately 10 p.m. by several police officers at a residence in Asbury Park, where he had been hiding in an attic, it added. 

Wilson was initially arrested and charged by federal criminal complaint with the conspiracy and firearms counts on March 13, 2013. He appeared on June 3 before U.S. Magistrate Judge Lois H. Goodman, who remanded him to federal custody pending trial, the release said. Wilson will be arraigned on the indictment charges on a date yet to be determined, it added.

Each count of Hobbs Act robbery carries a maximum potential penalty of 20 years in prison. The charge of using a firearm during a crime of violence carries a maximum potential penalty of life in prison and a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in prison for a conviction on discharging a firearm in connection with robbing the cab driver, and 25 years for each subsequent count of conviction, each of which must run consecutively to one another and to any other prison term. 

The charge of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon carries a maximum potential penalty of 10 years in prison. Each of the counts also carries a maximum $250,000 fine.