Stephon Harrigan, 31, has been sentenced to 210 months in prison for a 2022 spree of approximately three dozen armed robberies and attempted robberies of various commercial businesses.
The robbed establishments included gas stations, convenience stores, fast-food restaurants, check cashers, and liquor stores in the District and suburban Maryland. U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves, FBI Special Agent in Charge David J. Scott of the FBI Washington Field Office, and Chief Pamela Smith of the Metropolitan Police Department announced the sentence.
Harrigan pleaded guilty on March 25, 2024, to conspiracy to interfere with interstate commerce by robbery (also known as Hobbs Act robbery) and possession of a firearm during and in furtherance of a crime of violence before U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton in Washington D.C.
Harrigan’s co-defendant and brother, Aaron Harrigan, 28, pleaded guilty on October 3, 2023, to a charge of conspiracy to interfere with interstate commerce by robbery for his participation in four of the robberies.
Aaron Harrigan was sentenced to 87 months in prison on September 25, 2023. Co-defendant Tavarus Thompson pleaded guilty on March 29, 2024, and is awaiting sentencing.
According to court documents, the spree began on January 12, 2022, with the gunpoint robbery of a gas station on 18th Street, NE, Washington, D.C. It ended on March 6, 2022, when law enforcement stopped a stolen car at the intersection of 1st Street and Gallatin Street, NW, and its occupants fled on foot.
Stephon Harrigan forced his way into a woman’s vehicle and ordered her to drive him away, but the car collided with an unmarked MPD vehicle. Law enforcement then arrested him.
During the first three months of 2022, Stephon Harrigan and/or Tavarus Thompson, along with, at times, other individuals, entered an additional approximately 34 establishments while armed with at least one firearm. In general, they brandished at least one gun and demanded money.
They generally obtained cash or other property of the establishments, as well as, at times, property belonging to individuals in the establishments.
On March 6, 2022, law enforcement captured Stephon Harrigan. Tavarus Thompson was arrested in South Carolina on March 18, 2022, and Aaron Harrigan was arrested on March 29, 2022.
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