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Jury Finds Bloods Gang Member Guilty of Business Robberies, Weapons Charges

For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Tennessee

Memphis, TN – After a four-day trial, a federal jury found 20-year-old Khalil Davis guilty of two business robberies as well as brandishing and discharging a firearm in relation to a crime of violence. Edward L. Stanton III, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the guilty verdict today.

According to evidence presented in court, in the early morning hours of January 26, 2014, 20-year-old Khalil Davis, a member of the Bloods street gang, entered a Circle K convenience store on Poplar Avenue masked in a bandana and armed with a firearm. Davis allegedly pointed the gun at the store clerk’s face and took money from both the cash register and safe. He then placed the gun to the female clerk’s head and forced her to perform oral sex on him before fleeing the scene.

On the same day, less than an hour later, Davis, along with a co-conspirator, 32-year-old Antonio Griffin, entered the Marathon Gas Station on Poplar Avenue. After Griffin approached the counter to make a purchase, Davis ran behind the counter and put a gun to the store clerk’s head. A struggle ensued between Davis and the clerk while Griffin grabbed money out of the cash register and fled the store. Davis was able to eventually release himself with the gun. As he exited the store, Davis fired one shot at the clerk.

In July 2015, Davis’ co-conspirator, Griffin, pled guilty to one count of committing a robbery affecting interstate commerce and one count of brandishing and discharging a firearm in relation to a crime of violence. He’s scheduled to be sentenced on Friday, November 20th before Judge Samuel H. Mays.

On Friday, November 13, 2015, a jury convicted Davis on two counts of committing a robbery affecting interstate commerce and two counts of brandishing and discharging a firearm in relation to a crime of violence.

Davis faces up to 20 years imprisonment on each robbery count. He faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 35 years on each weapon count.

Davis is scheduled to be sentenced by Judge Mays on Thursday, February 25, 2016.

The case was investigated by Safe Streets Task Force and the Memphis Police Department.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Samuel Stringfellow and Kevin Whitmore.

Updated November 17, 2015