TENNESSEE
U.S. District Judge Sheryl H. Lipman sentenced 34-year-old Marchello Moore to 10 years in prison for robbing a First Tennessee Bank and Family Dollar store, according to authorities.
In September 2015, officials said Moore, of Memphis, pled guilty to one count of bank robbery, one count of committing a robbery that affected interstate commerce, and one count of using, carrying, and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.
According to court information, this is the evidence against Moore:
- On March 30, 2014, Moore entered the Family Dollar and posed as a customer.
- Moore approached the counter and acted as if he was going to purchase an item. When the clerk opened the cash register, Moore pulled out a handgun.
- The clerk managed to run to the back of the store and press the panic button. Moore was able to take approximately $50 from the cash register.
- He subsequently fled the scene in a gold Dodge Durango.
- On April 7, 2014, Moore robbed a First Tennessee Bank.
- According to the bank teller, Moore reportedly approached a bank teller’s station and presented a note that read, “I have a gun/Give me all your money/No dye pack.”
- The bank teller complied with the demand and provided Moore with approximately $1,995 from the cash drawer.
- Moore then fled the scene in the same gold Dodge Durango.
- On April 10, 2014, Memphis Police Department (MPD) officers conducted a traffic stop on the gold Dodge Durango operated by Moore and placed him in custody for the Family Dollar robbery.
- Subsequent to his arrest, an inventory of the vehicle resulted in the discovery of a Cobra .380-caliber pistol in an air filter underneath the hood.
- During his post-arrest statement, Moore admitted that he also robbed the First Tennessee Bank.