Dayshawn Brimfield, 33, of Elizabeth, New Jersey, was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Friday for committing multiple armed robberies and related crimes across New Jersey in April 2021. U.S. District Judge Zahid N. Quraishi handed down the sentence in Trenton federal court, along with five years of supervised release and restitution to victims.
Brimfield previously pleaded guilty to a five-count Information, including charges of bank robbery, two counts of Hobbs Act robbery, using a firearm during a crime of violence, and interstate transportation of a stolen motor vehicle. Court documents detail that between April 2 and April 20, 2021, Brimfield carried out a series of escalating crimes.
On April 2, 2021, he robbed a Hazlet bank by handing a teller a note threatening violence while claiming to possess a firearm. Weeks later, on April 17, he stole a vehicle in Elizabeth, which authorities said was used as a getaway car.
Three days later, Brimfield committed two armed convenience store robberies in Aberdeen and South Plainfield. In both instances, he brandished a handgun, intimidating employees before taking cash and personal items, including a cashier’s wallet and cellphone…