Opinion ID: 2982994
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Heading: Fifth Robbery

Text: On May 28, 2010, the men conducted the final robbery at a Radio Shack in Eastpointe, Michigan. This time, the participants were Richardson, Andrews, Tevin and Derrick Bivens, and a man named Montez Fails. As with the previous robberies, Richardson collected the men, who then drove to the store separately in a stolen vehicle while Richardson drove behind them in his SUV. Richardson gave Bivens a 9-millimeter semiautomatic handgun to use during the robbery. As he had done during the previous robberies, Richardson stayed in the SUV, and the men entered the store upon Richardson’s signal. Once they were inside, the men moved the employees and customers to the back of the store. However, one employee was able to escape out of the back door undetected. The men gathered the phones and a television, then ran out the back door and drove away with Richardson following directly behind them. Nos. 13-2655/2656 United States v. Richardson Page 6 As they were driving away from the store, the men were intercepted by members of Detroit’s Violent Crime Task Force, who had been surveilling them throughout the day. The men in the van evaded the officers initially, but Richardson was stopped and arrested. The men abandoned the stolen van and tried to run away, but were all eventually caught and arrested. The police found the stolen phones, television, masks, gloves, and a firearm in and around the stolen van.