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Calvin Lee Stevenson, Jr. Sentenced to 42 Years for Convictions for
Armed Robbery, Carjacking, and Brandishing a Firearm During a Crime of Violence
AUGUSTA, GA—Edmund A. Booth, Jr., United States Attorney for the Southern District of
Georgia, announced that Calvin Lee Stevenson, Jr., indicted by a federal grand jury in April 2008, was
sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Augusta following his convictions by a jury in February 2009
of Conspiracy to Rob a Credit Union, Armed Robbery of a Credit Union, Carjacking and two counts of
Brandishing a Firearm During a Crime of Violence.
Booth noted that the evidence at trial showed that in December, 2007 that Stevenson conspired
with other individuals to rob the Richmond Community Federal Credit Union located at EZGO on
Marvin Griffin Road in Augusta and that Stevenson carried out the plan when he and two other codefendants
robbed the credit union of more than $30,000 in December, 2007. It was further proven by
the evidence that immediately prior to the armed robbery that Stevenson and others carjacked a 74 year
old victim and then used the carjacked vehicle during the commission of the armed robbery.
Booth stated that Stevenson was sentenced to a total of 42 years in prison followed by 5 years of
supervised release. According to Booth, Stevenson was sentenced to 5 years in prison for the conspiracy
conviction, 10 years in prison for the armed robbery conviction, 10 years in prison for the carjacking
conviction, and a mandatory minimum of 32 years in prison for the firearms convictions to run
consecutive to the 10 year sentences.
The investigation involved the cooperative efforts of the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office and
the Federal Bureau of Investigation; The government is being represented by Assistant United States
Attorneys Patricia Green Rhodes and Stephen Inman.
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