East Mt Airy Armed Robber Gets 10 Years In Prison

EAST MT. AIRY, PHILADELPHIA — Another man has been hit with a prison sentence in connection with the armed robbery of an East Mt. Airy story in 2019, federal authorities said.

Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams said Maurice Quinn, 42, of Philadelphia, was sentenced to 10 years in prison, and five years of supervised release for Hobbs Act robbery, and carrying and using a firearm during the commission of a violent crime.

The charges stemmed from an armed robbery of the RD Grocery corner store in East Mt. Airy in March 2019. In February 2020, Quinn and his two co-defendants, Abid Stevens and Donnie Smith, both 41 and also of Philadelphia, were convicted on all charges after trial.

Stevens and Smith have already been sentenced to 10 years and 12 years in prison, respectively.

During the incident, Quinn went into the store and complained to a store employee that the store’s ATM had given him fake money.

Quinn then tried to grab both money from the register and a firearm kept by the owner behind the counter.

Unable to grab the money or firearm, Quinn left and returned with Smith and Stevens, both of whom were armed with black semi-automatic handguns.

Smith and Stevens brandished their firearms in the store employee’s face and Smith took the firearm from behind the counter.

Quinn then again attempted to take cash from the register but failed.

He demanded that the store employee open the register for him; the employee then opened the register, withdrew $100 in cash, and gave it to the Quinn.