NEWARK, N.J. – Today, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced that Vincent Chan-Guillen, a 33-year-old man from Union County, was sentenced to 407 months in prison. Chan-Guillen was convicted of multiple charges, including conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery and unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
The conviction, which followed a one-week trial before U.S. District Judge Stanley R. Chesler, is linked to a series of armed robberies spanning from August to November 2018 across New York and New Jersey. Chan-Guillen committed nine armed robberies, targeting liquor stores in Elizabeth, Woodbridge Township, Bloomfield, and Linden in New Jersey, among other locations. During these robberies, he threatened store employees and customers with a firearm.
In addition to the prison term, Judge Chesler sentenced Chan-Guillen to five years of supervised release