MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A convicted felon was found guilty Thursday after committing a string of 12 armed business robberies, according to the United States Attorney’s Office of the Western District of Tennessee.
The United States Attorney’s Office of the Western District of Tennessee said that Fredrick Buford, 29, conducted the armed robberies in the summer of 2022.
Buford conducted the following armed robberies of local Memphis businesses:
- May 23, 2022: Dollar General, 3129 Thomas Street
- May 23, 2022: Family Dollar, 1688 Jackson Avenue
- May 29, 2022: Exxon, 4491 Poplar Avenue
- May 29, 2022: Mapco, 979 East Brooks Road (Buford broke into the store and threatened to shoot the store employee. However, he was not successful in obtaining money.)
- June 4, 2022: Dollar General, 2469 Elvis Presley Boulevard
- June 6, 2022: Dollar General, 1760 Winchester Road
- June 6, 2022: Mapco, 3333 Thomas Street
- June 11, 2022: Family Dollar, 2743 North Watkins Street
- June 11, 2022: Dollar General, 1294 Lamar Avenue
- June 12, 2022: Family Dollar, 3255 Hickory Hill Road
- June 15, 2022: Dollar General, 2939 Lamar Avenue
- June 16, 2022: Dollar General, 2245 Lamar Avenue
According to the attorney’s office, Buford faces a mandatory statutory minimum of 75 years in federal prison…