EAST ST. LOUIS — A 19-year-old Virginia teen was sentenced Wednesday in federal court to nine years in prison for the January 31 armed robbery of the BP gas station in Nashville, Illinois.
(Source: NPD)
Jordan T. Macbeth pleaded guilty to brandishing a loaded firearm and pointing it at the clerk. He was later caught, charged, and convicted after pleading guilty to a two-count federal indictment.
Macbeth received a nine-year sentence – two years for committing a robbery affecting interstate commerce (known as a Hobbs Act robbery) and an additional seven years for brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence.
Macbeth was also ordered to serve a three-year term of supervised release and to pay the gas station $461.79 in restitution.
The case was investigated by the Nashville, Illinois, Police Department, the Washington County, Illinois, Sheriff’s Office, the United States Army Criminal Investigations Command, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Angela Scott.