2 Charged With Robbing North Philly Businesses At Gunpoint

Philadelphia PA

18 February, 2022

3:24 PM

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PHILADELPHIA — Two Philadelphia men have been federally charged after authorities said they robbed six North Philadelphia businesses in late 2021. United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams said Omar White-Davis, 28, and Acia Moore, 20, both Philadelphia, were charged by Indictment with multiple counts of Hobbs Act robbery and related firearms offenses in connection with multiple armed robberies of businesses in the Feltonville and Juniata sections of North Philadelphia, including Café Tinto restaurant on Wyoming Avenue, which was targeted twice in two days. The Indictment alleges that White-Davis and Moore attempted to rob and did rob a variety of small businesses, both together and separately, stealing approximately $3,100 dollars total between Nov. 21 and Dec. 6, 2021. The incidents alleged are as follows: On Nov. 21: White-Davis attempted to rob the Ariel Grocery, 2000 block of East Pacific Street; On Dec. 1: Moore robbed the AlMolhem Store, 400 block of Eat Wyoming Avenue; On Dec. 2: White-Davis and Moore robbed Café Tinto, 100 block of East Wyoming Avenue On Dec. 4: Moore returned to Café Tinto approximately 48 hours later and robbed it again; On Dec. 6: Moore robbed the Leslie Mini Market, 4200 block of Bodine Street; and, Also on Dec. 6: approximately an hour later, Moore and White-Davis attempted to rob Hernandez Food and Deli Market, 4500 block of D Street. White-Davis and Moore were both charged by Criminal Complaint and arrested by the FBI in early February. Both defendants have also made initial appearances on these charges in federal court. If convicted, the men face a maximum possible sentence of life imprisonment, a five-year period of supervised release, and possible fines of over $1 million.