Terrell Stevenson, a 35-year-old resident of Nashville, was sentenced to 16 years in federal prison, according to an announcement by United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee, Henry C. Leventis. The sentencing follows a series of events on Halloween night in 2018, during which Stevenson committed armed robberies at a Dollar General Store and a Mapco gas station in Nashville. During these incidents, Stevenson brandished a semi-automatic pistol and pointed it at the head of a clerk at the Dollar General Store.
Following the robberies, Stevenson and his accomplice were apprehended by police officers after attempting to flee a traffic stop. In January 2020, a federal grand jury charged Stevenson with two counts of Hobbs Act Robbery, two counts of brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, and one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Stevenson was found guilty on all charges in a jury trial held in September 2023.
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The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Rachel Stephens and Kathryn Risinger prosecuted the case.
This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program aimed at reducing violent crime and gun violence. PSN brings together various levels of law enforcement and community members to make neighborhoods safer. The Department of Justice launched a strengthened violent crime reduction strategy for PSN on May 26, 2021, focusing on fostering trust in communities, supporting violence prevention organizations, setting strategic enforcement priorities, and measuring results.
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