Stephon Martin, a 25-year-old resident of Washington, D.C., was found guilty on August 14, 2025, for an armed robbery committed against his former employer. The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro and Metropolitan Police Department Chief Pamela Smith.
A jury in Superior Court convicted Martin of several charges: robbery while armed, assault with a dangerous weapon, assault with significant bodily injury while armed, and felony destruction of property. Judge Judith Pipe has set sentencing for November 7, 2025.
According to court proceedings, Martin had previously worked as a cashier at the victim’s tobacco store in Northwest Washington, D.C. After being laid off due to budgetary issues on October 18, 2024, Martin attacked his former employer. During the incident on April 15, 2025, he assaulted the victim for several minutes before taking cash from the victim’s pocket and leaving the premises.
Martin returned about half an hour later using an employee key he had not returned after being dismissed. He assaulted the victim again with a wooden board and forced him to hand over more money from the cash register. Martin then took a shelving unit filled with merchandise valued at several thousand dollars.
U.S. Attorney Pirro and Chief Smith recognized the work of investigators from both the Metropolitan Police Department and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia in bringing this case forward. They also acknowledged Assistant U.S. Attorneys Michael Dal Lago and Augustin Horner for their roles in prosecuting and investigating the case.
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