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Navajo man facing federal commercial robbery, firearms charges

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ALBUQUERQUE – A U.S. Magistrate Judge sitting in Albuquerque, N.M., found probable cause to support a criminal complaint charging Trevor David Littleman, 25, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation with violating the Hobbs Act and federal firearms laws Sept. 20. Littleman remains in federal custody pending trial which has yet to be scheduled.

The criminal complaint alleges that on Sept. 8, Littleman robbed the Giants Gas Station and Convenience Store located on New Mexico State Road 371, Main Street in Crownpoint, N.M., at gunpoint.

Before departing from the store with packs of cigarettes and cash from the cash registers, Littleman allegedly fired one round of ammunition into the ceiling.  According to the complaint, a 9 mm casing and shattered fluorescent light and debris were found on the floor of the gas station.

If convicted on the charges in the criminal complaint, Littleman faces a statutory maximum penalty of 20 years in prison on the Hobbs Act charge.

Littleman also faces a mandatory minimum of 10 years of imprisonment for discharging a firearm, which must be served consecutive to any sentence imposed on the other charge.  Charges in criminal complaints are merely accusations and defendants are presumed innocent unless found guilty in a court of law.

This case was investigated by the Crownpoint office of the Navajo Nation Division of Public Safety and is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Elisa Dimas.

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