State v. Jeremiah Terrell Bryant, C-08-CR-24-000146
LA PLATA, MD—Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County, announced that on Thursday, May 29, 2025, Charles County Circuit Court Judge William Greer, Jr. sentenced Jeremiah Terrell Bryant, 26, to 9 years in prison for Armed Robbery, Use of a Firearm During the Commission of a Crime of Violence, and related charges. The first 5 years are without the possibility of parole. Upon release, Bryant will be on supervised probation for a period of five years.
On August 2, 2024, a Charles County jury convicted Bryant of the above-listed charges following a 5-day trial.
On January 9, 2024, detectives with Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to the Sunoco Gas Mart in Waldorf for the report of a commercial armed robbery. Detectives spoke with a store employee who reported that the suspect, later determined to be Bryant, pointed a semi-automatic handgun at him, then took money from the store’s cash register as well as the employee’s phone.
An investigation revealed that Bryant entered the store, approached the sales counter, and handed the employee a brown plastic bag while simultaneously pointing a handgun at him. Bryant demanded that the employee put money in the bag. When the employee opened the cash register, Bryant reached over the counter and took $494.00. He then left with the cash and the employee’s cell phone but left the plastic bag at the store.
Surveillance video captured the incident, as well as Bryant arriving and leaving in a Mitsubishi Outlander with a broken passenger side mirror. Detectives later located the Mitsubishi Outlander outside of Bryant’s mother’s residence.
The plastic bag Bryant left on the scene was processed and the fingerprints recovered belonged to Bryant. Cell site analysis of Bryant’s cell phone also placed him at the scene of the Armed Robbery.
At sentencing, Assistant State’s Attorney John Stackhouse called the robbery “brazen” and stated it “victimize[ed] not only that particular cashier but also impacts the business itself,” other businesses within Charles County, and “the whole community.”
Sentence
Count 1
• Armed Robbery
o 20 years with all but 5 years suspended
Count 2
• Use of a Firearm During the Commission of a Crime of Violence
o 20 years with all but 5 years suspended
o Consecutive to Count 1
Count 7
• Illegal Possession of a Regulated Firearm
o 5 years with all suspended
o Consecutive to previous counts
Count 11
• Conspiracy to Commit Armed Robbery
o 20 years with all suspended
o Consecutive to previous counts
5 years of supervised probation