09/21/2009
Washington, D.C. Man Sentenced to Life Plus 35 Years for the Murder of a Dunbar Armored Car Employee in Prince George's County
GREENBELT, MD—U.S. District Judge Roger W. Titus sentenced Earl Whittley Davis, age 39, of Washington D.C., today to life plus 35 years in prison, for robbery and using a gun in the murder of a Dunbar armored car employee, carjacking, using a gun in furtherance of the carjacking, and being a felon in possession of a gun and ammunition, announced United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein. A federal jury convicted Davis of those crimes on June 3, 2009.
“This sentence cannot replace a lost life, but it brings a small measure of justice for Jason Schwindler, a 28-year-old Navy veteran and a husband and father, who was brutally murdered during an armored car robbery,” said U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein.
Prince George’s County Police Chief Roberto Hylton stated, “The Prince George's County Police Department greatly appreciates the efforts of the United States Attorney's Office in prosecuting this dangerous predator.”
According to testimony at Davis’ five-week trial, on August 6, 2004, Jason Schwindler, a Dunbar armored car employee, exited the armored vehicle and walked toward the front door of BB&T Bank at 3505 Hamilton Street in Hyattsville, Maryland with a money bag containing $57,118.70 in cash and checks amounting to $5,594. Two armed men, including Earl Davis, approached Schwindler and shot him multiple times. The men grabbed the money bag and entered a stolen Jeep Cherokee sport utility vehicle parked in front of the bank. The driver in the armored car drove into the Jeep Cherokee, disabling it. The two men ran to the rear of the bank where they pointed guns at a bank customer who was approaching her car and demanded her keys. They fled in the bank customer’s car. Later that day, the customer’s stolen car was recovered in northeast Washington, D.C. with the empty money bag inside. DNA evidence recovered from a ballcap left on the scene, the steering wheel of the Jeep Cherokee, and the steering wheel of the carjacked vehicle was matched to the DNA of Earl Davis. Davis was arrested on October 25, 2004.
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