Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges After Robbing Two Montgomery Convenience Stores

Montgomery, Ala. - On November 8, 2024, Jalen Lamarcus Gunn, a 21-year-old man from Montgomery, Alabama, pleaded guilty to federal robbery and firearm charges, announced Acting United States Attorney Kevin Davidson.

According to his plea agreement and other court records, on April 27, 2024, Gunn entered a convenience store on Wares Ferry Road in Montgomery and leapt over the counter. Gunn then pointed a firearm at the clerk and demanded money from the register be placed in a plastic bag. Gunn then fled the store with approximately $3,000. Just two days later, on April 29^th, Gunn robbed a convenience store on Perry Hill Road in a similar fashion, again pointing a handgun at the clerk and demanding money. This time, Gunn made away with $2,500 and multiple packs of cigarettes. During his plea hearing, Gunn pleaded guilty to two counts of interference with interstate commerce by robbery and one count of brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a federal crime of violence.

A sentencing hearing will be scheduled in the coming months. At that hearing, Gunn faces a sentence of seven years to life in prison. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence based on the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors. There is no parole in the federal system.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation and Montgomery Police Department investigated this case, with Assistant United States Attorney Christopher P. Moore prosecuting.