Florida brothers who drove to Tampa to commit robberies were recently indicted.
United States Attorney Roger Handberg announced the unsealing of an indictment charging 27-year-old Alonzo Deanthony Tucker-Wyche, of Tallahassee, and 24-year-old De’quan Davion Wyche, of Riverview, with conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery, robbery, and use of a firearm during the commission of the robberies.
According to court documents, on October 27, 2024, at approximately 5:30am, a silver vehicle entered the parking lot of a convenience store in Tampa. Tucker-Wyche exited the vehicle and entered the store while his brother, Wyche, remained in the car.
According to officials, Tucker-Wyche approached the counter, produced an AR-15 firearm from his pants, and pointed it at the clerk. The clerk immediately fled out the back door. Tucker-Wyche chased the clerk momentarily but was unable to catch him. After returning to the front of the store, Tucker-Wyche walked behind the counter and removed the cash register drawer from its wires, and fled to the waiting vehicle, which Wyche was driving.
During the course of the investigation, detectives and agents learned that the silver vehicle had also visited a gas station approximately two miles from the previous convenience store. A review of surveillance video revealed that, as in the previous store robbery, the silver vehicle backed into a parking spot. Tucker-Wyche exited the car and attempted to enter the gas station. The front door was locked, and the suspects left shortly after.
On November 5, 2024 at approximately 8pm, a silver vehicle matching the one driven during the first robbery pulled into the parking lot of a retail store in Tampa. Tucker-Wyche exited from the passenger side and entered the store, pointed a firearm at the clerk, and demanded she open the cash register. The clerk was on her phone at the time and did not immediately react, at which time Tucker-Wyche came around the counter, grabbed the clerk’s phone from her hand, and threw it to the ground. Tucker-Wyche grabbed the entire cash drawer and fled back to the silver vehicle that was waiting for him.
This case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, with assistance from the Florida Highway Patrol. It will be prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Diego F. Novaes. If convicted on all counts, each faces a minimum penalty of 20 years, up to life, in federal prison.
This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and gun violence, and to make our neighborhoods safer for everyone.
