Moss Point Man Pleads Guilty to Hobbs Act Robbery

Gulfport, Miss. – Antwone Malik Coleman Booker, 19, of Moss Point, pled guilty on February 19, 2020, before U.S. District Judge Halil S. Ozerden to “Hobbs Act” armed robbery, and using a firearm during a crime of violence, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Kurt Thielhorn with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (“ATF”).  

In the early hours of August 15, 2019, in Moss Point, Antwone Malik Coleman Booker entered a Waffle House restaurant in Moss Point and pointed a black handgun at the cashier and demanded money.  While the waitress was opening the cash register, Booker shot one round of ammunition from the firearm into the ceiling of the restaurant; and, after the waitress handed the money to Booker, he shot one additional round into the ceiling. Booker then fled the restaurant, but was arrested shortly thereafter.   

Booker will be sentenced by Judge Ozerden on May 21, 2020, at 9:30 a.m., in Gulfport. He faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison for the robbery with at least 7 years added consecutively for use of a firearm in relation to a crime of violence.

The case was investigated by The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, as well as the Moss Point, Ellisville, and Pascagoula Police Departments.  It was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrea Jones.