WASHINGTON ( DC News Now ) — A man was charged in connection to more than a dozen armed robberies that happened across the DMV within the last year.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia said that on Nov. 8, authorities arrested 36-year-old Antonio Kingsbury. Investigators believe that he was allegedly involved in at least 17 armed robberies across D.C., Maryland and Virginia between Jan. 9 and Nov. 7, 2024.
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According to the complaint, the same masked man, who was armed with a gun, robbed several businesses including, Subway restaurants, Starbucks, local restaurants, a Virginia ABC store, a cell phone store, Chipotle and a series of 7-Eleven and Popeye’s restaurants.
The Attorney’s Office said authorities searched Kingsbury’s home where they discovered a gun along with multiple clothes that were believed to have been taken during his robbery spree.
Kingsbury was charged with charged by criminal complaint with interference with interstate commerce by robbery, brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence and possession of a firearm by a previously convicted felon.