Lexington Man Receives 25-Year Sentence for Series of Armed Robberies
A federal judge sentenced Christopher D. Jones, 32, of Lexington to 300 months in prison for committing four armed robberies in 2022. The sentence triggers mandatory five-year supervised release and requires full restitution to the victims.
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news.google.comLEXINGTON, Ky. — A federal judge sentenced Christopher D. Jones to 300 months in prison on May 15, 2026, for a string of four armed robberies he committed across Lexington in 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice announced.
The sentence covers Jones's convictions on four counts of Hobbs Act robbery and four counts of brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence. Jones, 32, robbed four separate businesses at gunpoint between March and July 2022, stealing cash and merchandise while threatening employees and customers with a firearm.
The total value of stolen property exceeded $18,000, according to charging documents.
The sentence replaces what would have been four separate potential terms that could have run consecutively under federal stacking provisions for the firearm counts. Jones must serve the full 300 months with no parole. Upon release he faces five years of supervised release that includes restrictions on firearm possession, substance abuse testing and payment of $18,742.36 in restitution to the four victim businesses.
The prison term starts immediately. The Bureau of Prisons will designate Jones to a facility, after which he must begin restitution payments from prison wages. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Kentucky will monitor compliance during supervised release.
The case also activates standard federal forfeiture procedures for any firearms or proceeds recovered during the investigation by the Lexington Police Department and ATF.
This sentencing concludes a prosecution initiated after Jones’s arrest in August 2022. The Department of Justice has pursued similar armed robbery cases in the Eastern District of Kentucky under the same Hobbs Act and 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) statutes in each of the past three years, with average sentences for multiple-count firearm brandishing convictions exceeding 20 years.
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