NEWARK, N.J. – A Newark man was sentenced today To 225 months in prison for committing 17 armed robberies of commercial establishments throughout Union, Essex and Bergen counties, all within a six-month period, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
Bobby Dawson, 31, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge William H. Walls to an information charging him with one count of committing an armed carjacking, one count of conspiring to commit Hobbs Act robberies and one count of discharging a firearm during the commission of one of those robberies. Judge Walls imposed the sentence today in Newark federal court.