He also agreed to forfeit his Smith and Wesson pistol.Īcting U.S. Shaffer pleaded guilty on Octoto six counts of interference with interstate commerce by violence and one count of brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence. The defendant was indicted by a grand jury on April 16, 2015. Finally, on December 7, 2014, Shaffer stole money from Aldi on Orange Center Drive in Lewis Center. On November 23, 2014, he committed armed robbery at Villa Nova on North High Street in Worthington. The following month, he robbed the Lazy Chameleon on Presidential Parkway in Powell. Likewise, he took cash during a robbery on Augat Brew-Stirs on 23, located on Dillmont Drive in Columbus. On May 3, 2014, he committed armed robbery at Halftime Tavern on Bethel Road in Columbus.

On March 15, 2014, he robbed The Pub on West Johnstown Road in Gahanna, Ohio. Watson.Īccording to court documents, Shaffer used a firearm during robberies at five restaurant/bars and one grocery store in Central Ohio. announced the sentence handed down today by U.S. Martin, Gahanna Police Chief Dennis Murphy and Acting Worthington Police Chief Jerry L. Byers, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Cincinnati Field Division, Columbus Police Chief Kim Jacobs, Delaware County Sheriff Russell L. Glassman, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, Brad Earman, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), Angela L. District Court to 200 months in prison and five years of supervised release for robbery and armed robbery at six locations in Central Ohio.īenjamin C. Shaffer, 63, of Columbus, was sentenced in U.S.

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