Armed Robbery of Southeast Liquor Store Nets DC Man Seven Years in Prison

WASHINGTON - Robert Jameson, 60, of the District, was sentenced today in D.C. Superior Court, to seven years in prison for the armed robbery of a liquor store on Minnesota Avenue in Southeast, announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.

Jameson pleaded guilty on March 26, 2025 to one count of armed robbery. Superior Court Judge Robert Salerno sentenced Jameson to seven years to be followed by five years of supervised release.

According to the government's evidence, at approximately 6 p.m., on Feb. 16, 2025, Jameson walked into O'Connor's Liquors, located in the 2900 block of Minnesota Avenue, Southeast, brandished a firearm at the store manager and took a box of Fireball shots (a whiskey liqueur) and several lottery tickets. The defendant attempted to take the cash register but was unsuccessful. He fled the store on foot.

Officers located Jameson later that evening still wearing the same distinctive clothing captured on the store's CCTV cameras. A search of Jameson's home yielded dozens of the Fireball shots and an imitation firearm.

Jameson was arrested on February 16, 2025 and has been in custody since.

Joining in the announcement was Chief Pamela A. Smith of the Metropolitan Police Department.

In announcing the sentence, U.S. Attorney Pirro and Chief Smith commended the work of those who investigated the case from the Metropolitan Police Department. They also acknowledged the work of Assistant U.S. Attorney Jacob Green, who prosecuted the case.