November 27, 2011 Detroit man guilty in armored car guard murder www.privateofficer.com
Watson, formerly of Detroit, was convicted of conspiracy to commit bank robbery, bank robbery murder, and first-degree murder with a firearm during a federal crime of violence. A sentencing date has not yet been scheduled, but Watson faces a mandatory life sentence.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Detroit said the jury deliberated for three days following a trial that began Nov. 7.
In December, Watson and five other men robbed armored car guards attempting to deliver money to ATMs at the DFCU, formerly Dearborn Federal Credit Union, outside Fairlane Town Center. During the robbery, Kevin Watson and Timothy O’Reilly shot Total Armored guard Norman Stephens in the back with shotguns. Stephens died at the scene. The crime went unsolved for several years until cooperating witnesses came forward with information, prosecutors said. O’Reilly was convicted by another jury in 2010.
“For the victim’s family, this verdict cannot remedy the loss of a husband and father, but we hope that this federal prosecution and the mandatory life sentence that goes with it will deter others from committing such brutal crimes in the future,” U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade said in a written statement.
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