Bronx Man Charged In Mount Vernon Gas Station Robbery That Led To Shootout With NYPD: DOJ

MOUNT VERNON, NY — U.S. Attorneys announced Tuesday that a second man had been arrested and charged in connection with the 2025 gunpoint robbery of a Mount Vernon gas station that ended in shots being fired at NYPD officers.

According to prosecutors, Bronx resident Eric Boothe was arrested in the Poconos Tuesday and charged with conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery and Hobbs Act robbery. According to prosecutors, each of those charges carry a maximum prison sentence of 20 years in jail. Prosecutors said Boothe was also charged with possessing and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.

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Due to a 2016 conviction on the same firearms charge, prosecutors said Boothe faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 25 years in prison, to be served consecutive to any other prison sentence.

According to U.S. Attorney Jamie McDonald, Boothe and Jamaire Robertson were traveling through the Bronx at about 5:10 a.m. on Aug. 29, 2025 when they stopped near Robertson's apartment and put on masks, hoods and gloves. The duo then walked to a gas station in Mount Vernon and, at about 5:29 a.m., robbed it at gunpoint, prosecutors said.

After the robbery, prosecutors said the duo ran south and split up, with Robertson running down a residential street near the border between Mount Vernon and the Bronx. Robertson fired his gun at NYPD officers as they pursued him, and was arrested that afternoon, police said. Federal firearms and robbery charges against Robertson are pending, prosecutors said.

As for Boothe, prosecutors said the man fled deeper into the Bronx, stopped using his phone and changed up his financial and social media activity patterns. Eventually, prosecutors said, Boothe relocated across state lines to the Poconos, where an FBI investigation would uncover a new phone Boothe was using that had been registered in someone else's name and lead authorities to a pizzeria he frequently visited near Tobyhanna, PA. Boothe was arrested not far from Tobyhanna, prosecutors said.

"Last summer, Mount Vernon residents' morning routines came to a halt when two individuals robbed a gas station at gunpoint and fled, kicking off a manhunt across the region," McDonald said. "One of the men, Jamaire Robertson, allegedly shot at NYPD officers while in flight. Robertson was quickly identified, arrested, and charged within hours, but Eric Boothe allegedly fled into the Bronx and tried to disappear, eventually relocating to rural Pennsylvania. Thanks to the FBI and our White Plains prosecutors, Boothe's getaway has ended, and he will now answer to our federal Complaint in court."