2 Sentenced In AT&T Robbery Spree That Included Glastonbury Store

GLASTONBURY, CT — Two of those involved in a spree of violent robberies and attempted robberies at AT&T stores in north central Connecticut and Western Massachusetts — including one in Glastonbury — have been sentenced.

Saviana Bourne, 25, of Middletown, an AT&T staffer who helped plan the Glastonbury caper and others, was sentenced Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 78 months in prison. Also on Wednesday, Shaquille Raymond, 25, of Hartford, received a 72-month sentence in the case.

Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States attorney for the District of Connecticut, said they will also be on five and three years of supervised release, respectively, after serving their terms.

According to court documents and statements made in court, in 2021, Raymond, Alex Josephs, Ronaldo Smith and Deshawn Baugh committed several violent armed robberies at several AT&T stores in the region. They typically entered the stores shortly before closing, pointed weapons at employees, and, at times, pistol-whipped, dragged, and shoved employees toward the back inventory room, according to case records.

They then held the employees at gunpoint while loading large bags with cell phones and other electronics worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, according to case records.

Bourne, who worked at AT&T stores, helped plan the robberies, served as a getaway driver, and coordinated the sale of the stolen merchandise, Avery said.

The Glastonbury incident took place on April 15, 2021, but the robbery was foiled when employees managed to lock the bandits out of the building.

On June 6, 2021, the group, led by Raymond, and armed with a semiautomatic pistol, two revolvers, and a semiautomatic rifle, robbed an AT&T store in West Springfield, according to case records. After the robbery, they fled in a vehicle driven by Bourne, and led police on a high-speed chase that ended when their vehicle collided with a Massachusetts State Police cruiser. Raymond, Josephs, Smith, Baugh and Bourne were arrested, and a search of the vehicle revealed more than $150,000 in stolen merchandise, as well as the firearms used during the robbery, according to case records.

Judge Underhill ordered Raymond and Bourne to pay restitution of $298,073.86, which reflects the losses from the Newington, Enfield, and Canton robberies. The property stolen in the West Springfield robbery was recovered.

Raymond and Bourne have been detained since their arrests. On Oct. 28, 2022, Raymond pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery and one count of brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence. On Nov. 30, 2021, Bourne pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery, four counts of Hobbs Act robbery, and two counts of attempted Hobbs Act robbery.

Josephs, Smith, and Baugh also pleaded guilty. On March 1, 2023, Baugh was sentenced to 108 months of imprisonment and was ordered to pay restitution of $124,842.45, which reflects the loss from the Canton robbery. Josephs and Smith await sentencing.