Man, 19, Who Robbed Same Store 5 Times At Gunpoint Pleads Guilty: Feds

NEW HAVEN, CT — Jermaine Cannon, 19, of New Haven, pleaded guilty Monday in federal court to robbery and firearm offenses related to his commission of five gunpoint robberies of the same New Haven business during a six-week period in 2021, according to Vanessa Roberts Avery, U.S. Attorney for Connecticut.

According to Avery, court documents and statements made in court, on September 30, October 27, November 6, November 10 and November 11, 2021, Cannon, "brandishing a handgun, robbed" the Howard Mini Mart & Deli, on Howard Avenue in New Haven. During all five robberies, Cannon pointed the gun and threatened to shoot store employees, federal prosecutors said

Cannon was arrested after the fifth robbery, and, Avery said, a search of his home found a "9mm semiautomatic handgun, a distinctive hoodie he wore during the robbery on November 10, and a pair of latex gloves."

Cannon pleaded guilty to five counts of interference with commerce by robbery, which carries a maximum of 20 years in prison on each count. He also pleaded to one count of carrying, using and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, which carries a mandatory consecutive prison term of at least seven years.

Cannon, who's been held since his 2021 arrest, will be sentenced June 19.

Investigated by the ATF and the New Haven Police Department, the case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Nathaniel J. Gentile and Jocelyn Courtney Kaoutzanis.

This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods, the centerpiece of the Department of Justice’s violent crime reduction efforts.