A Washington D.C. man, Jerome Lewis Jackson, also known as Damon Hudson, has been dealt an eight-year prison sentence for his involvement in a 2023 armed robbery. The announcement came from U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves and Chief Pamela Smith of the Metropolitan Police Department, as reported on the U.S. Department of Justice's website.
On September 13, Superior Court Judge Heidi Pasichow sentenced the 20-year-old to concurrent 96-month terms for each of the two offenses—armed robbery and possession of a firearm during a crime of violence—culminating in a total of eight years imprisonment, to be followed by five years of supervised release. Jackson had entered a guilty plea on December 11, 2023, agreeing with the government's evidence against him.
The armed robbery took place in the early hours of September 10, 2023, around 3:24 a.m., on the 2000 block of 12th Street NW, where Jackson, alongside an unknown accomplice, confronted three individuals. As detailed by the U.S. Attorney's Office, Jackson brandished a firearm at one victim to immobilize them while he confiscated car keys from the victim's pocket and went on to rob the other victims of a watch and currency before fleeing in their vehicle.
The Metropolitan Police Department spied on the stolen vehicle shortly after, leading to Jackson's capture as he was exiting the driver's seat, keys in hand, along with the purloined watch. Both U.S. Attorney Graves and Chief Smith highlighted the diligent efforts of the police department in the case's investigation and also acknowledged the prosecutorial work of Assistant U.S. Attorney Richard Carlton.
