WASHINGTON - A 25-year-old District of Columbia man, Timothy Montgomery, was found guilty by a Superior Court jury on Friday, October 24, 2008, of armed robbery and assault with intent to rob while armed of two teenage boys on January 12, 2008, U.S. Attorney Jeffrey A. Taylor announced. The defendant was also found guilty of two counts of possession of a firearm during a crime of violence, two counts of threats, and one count of offenses committed during release.

Montgomery, of the 5100 block of B Street, SE, Washington, D.C., is scheduled to be sentenced on December 22, 2008, before the Honorable Robert I. Richter.

According to the government's evidence, on January 12, 2008, at approximately 9:45 p.m., two young men were walking in the 5600 block of Southern Avenue, SE, Washington, D.C. (PSA 604). They saw the defendant and two accomplices standing under a lamppost. The defendant spoke to the young men, and offered to sell them marijuana. The young men declined and tried to walk away. Within seconds, the defendant and his accomplices ran up behind them. The defendant grabbed one young man while an accomplice grabbed the other, and they pushed the victims up against a truck while demanding money and valuables. The defendant went through the pockets of one victim while directing an accomplice to go through the pockets of the other.

The defendant pushed a hard object that looked and felt like a firearm into the side of one of the victims while threatening that "things would get violent" unless they gave him something of value. The defendant ultimately obtained $20 and a cell phone from one of the victims, and all three assailants ran away.

 The defendant was stopped a few blocks from the robbery location within 30 minutes, based on a description given by the victims. Both victims identified the defendant as the leader of the robbery and the one who had wielded the firearm. When stopped, the defendant had the victim's stolen cell phone in his pocket. While being booked at the Sixth District police station, the defendant threatened the lives of two arresting Sixth District officers.

At the time of his arrest, the defendant was on release in a domestic violence assault case, and was on active supervision following a sentence for robbery and carrying a dangerous weapon.

In announcing the verdict, U.S. Attorney Taylor commended Metropolitan Police Department Officers Eldorado Mills, David Simonetti, Christopher Woody, and Detective Chad Howard. He also applauded the efforts of Paralegal Anthony Griffith and Baretta Francis. Lastly, Mr. Taylor thanked Assistant U.S. Attorneys Michael Hunter who indicted the case, and Amy Zubrensky who tried the case.