DC Man Sentenced After Arlington CVS Robbery In BB Gun Spree

ARLINGTON, VA — A Washington, D.C., man was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years in federal prison for a series of BB gun robberies that included a holdup at a CVS store in Arlington, according to federal prosecutors.

Mark Thomas Moore, 35, also was ordered to serve five years of supervised release. Prosecutors had requested the 180-month prison sentence imposed by U.S. District Judge Amit P. Mehta.

Moore was convicted following a November 2025 bench trial of two counts of interference with commerce by robbery, one count of armed robbery while armed, one count of possessing a firearm during a crime of violence and one count of armed postal robbery.

Arlington Robbery Led Police To Moore

According to court papers, Moore robbed a CVS in Arlington on Nov. 28, 2022, while armed with a BB gun. During the robbery, he took a bank note containing a GPS tracker and fled on a distinctive green bicycle.

Authorities later located Moore and recovered a BB gun consistent with the weapon shown in surveillance footage from three robberies in Washington, prosecutors said. Investigators also recovered clothing, DNA and fingerprints that linked him to the crimes, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia.

The Arlington County Police Department investigated the case with the FBI’s Washington Field Office and the Metropolitan Police Department.

Service Workers Targeted In D.C.

Prosecutors said Moore committed three other robberies during fall 2022, targeting employees at a McDonald’s, a 7-Eleven and a U.S. Postal Service facility in southeast Washington.

During the Oct. 26 robbery at McDonald’s, Moore followed an employee into a restroom and held her at gunpoint, according to court papers. The employee, who had recently immigrated to the United States and did not speak English, attempted to communicate through a translation app. Moore took her phone and forced her to accompany him to the cash register, where another employee was ordered to put money in a bag, prosecutors said.

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Moore robbed a 7-Eleven on Nov. 9 and threatened an employee who tried to conceal some of the cash, according to prosecutors.

At the post office on Nov. 28, Moore pointed the weapon at an employee who had fallen while trying to flee and threatened her as she pleaded for her life, court papers said. He then forced another employee to a register before escaping on the green bicycle.

“Mark Moore targeted hardworking employees who were simply doing their jobs,” U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro said in a statement. “He threatened them at gunpoint, leaving many with lasting trauma.”

Assistant U.S. Attorneys Caelainn Carney and Jared English prosecuted the case.