Co-defendant Terrell Mabry, 46, of Dayton, was sentenced to 14 years in prison and ordered to pay the same amount of restitution. Both have been incarcerated since July 2014.
Jason Brice, 29, of Columbus, was sentenced to more than 10 years in prison in December 2014. Dion Gullatte, 43, of Dayton, could receive a sentence Thursday similar to Mabry. Eric Black, 39, of Dayton, will be sentenced later.
Saying the case speaks to the “dedication of the FBI and the Dayton police department” to hunt down leads and test forensic evidence, assistant U.S. attorney Brent Tabacchi said Wednesday: “Our office, through their hard work, was able to successfully prosecute five very dangerous individuals.”
Woods, whose sentencing was delayed at the last minute earlier this month, led the November 2011 robbery of the St. Elizabeth Pharmacy and the February 2012 robbery of the U.S. Bank on Gettysburg Avenue.
The other co-defendants have pleaded guilty to their roles in the crimes that gathered 1,000 Percocet and Oxycodone pills worth $30,000 from the pharmacy and $90,000 in cash from the bank.
Woods provided masks and handguns to his associates, who forced their way into the home of a pharmacy employee and used zip ties, duct tape and pillow cases to restrict the movements of the employee, the indictment said.
Court documents also allege that during the bank robbery, Woods and his crew subdued and held the employee, the employee’s spouse and two children against their will for more than 24 hours.
The plea agreement in which multiple counts were dropped limited Woods’ possible sentence, which could have been more than 100 years if he had been convicted on all counts.
Woods’ defense attorney Hal Arenstein had recommended a sentence of 12 years with full credit for time served. In their own memo, prosecutors recommended the court impose a “significant sentence upon Mr. Woods” because he “masterminded two violent robberies that left the victims thereof emotionally traumatized.”
Mabry’s defense attorney, Anthony VanNoy, wrote in a sentencing memorandum that his client was raised by his parents “in a drug-infested housing project” until 8th or 9th grade.
VanNoy said that Mabry got a sports scholarship to attend college until he was arrested for possession of crack cocaine.
Eventually, VanNoy wrote Mabry fell behind $2,000 in child support, got a loan from Woods and “became beholden to Woods and allowed himself to be caught up in the incident which has brought him before the court.”
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