RICHMOND, Va., May 13 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Federal Bureau of Investigation Richmond Field Office issued the following press release:
RICHMOND, Va. - A federal jury convicted a Richmond man yesterday on charges of armed robbery and brandishing a firearm during a violent crime.
According to court records and evidence presented at trial, on Feb. 12, 2025, Monte Decarlos Winston, 56, committed an armed robbery of a Valero gas station in Henrico County. On Feb. 18, 2025, Winston committed a second armed robbery at The Beauty Zone, a beauty supply company, in Chesterfield County.
In 2003, Winston was convicted of the same crimes, as well as possession of cocaine, and was sentenced to 13 years and five months in prison. In 2016 a...