LOS ANGELES
A Los Angeles man pleaded guilty Wednesday to carjacking and eight armed robberies of gas stations and convenience stores in Los Angeles County during four days in April of this year, officials stated.
Namir Malik Ali Greene, 23, pleaded guilty to one count of Hobbs Act robbery.
U.S. District Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett scheduled a Nov. 29 sentencing hearing. Greene faces up to 20 years in federal prison.
According to his plea agreement, on the morning of April 4, Greene robbed a gas station in Marina del Rey. Greene remained inside the store until all other customers left the business.
After all the customers inside the business left, Greene placed a brown paper bag on the counter and told the clerk, “Put everything in there.”
Greene pointed what appeared to be a black semi-automatic handgun, but what was a BB gun, at the clerk while demanding the money.
Fearfully, the clerk emptied the cash register and placed $700 into the brown paper bag. Greene then fled the store.
In his plea agreement, Greene admitted to committing seven additional armed robberies from April 4 to April 8 of gas stations and convenience stores in Long Beach, Whittier, South Los Angeles, Pomona, and Culver City.
Greene further admitted to the April 15 carjacking the owner of a 2010 Honda Accord while armed with a BB gun. He has been in federal custody since April 18.
Assistant United States Attorneys Jeffrey M. Chemerinsky and Jena A. MacCabe of the Violent and Organized Crime Section are prosecuting this case.