Fitchburg Man Charged with Robberies

U.S. Attorney’s Office
Western District of Wisconsin
14 May 2015

[Originally a subheading of Grand Jury Return Indictments]

Raequon Allen, 20, Fitchburg, Wis., is charged with three robberies of Madison-area businesses and with brandishing a firearm during two of the robberies. The indictment alleges that Allen robbed the Mobile Gas Station, Junction Road, Madison, on January 29, 2015, and in doing so, brandished a revolver. The indictment alleges that Allen robbed the Stop-N-Go Gas Station, Schroeder Road, Madison, on January 30, 2015, and in doing so, brandished a revolver. The fifth count of the indictment charges him with robbing the PDQ Gas Station, Century Avenue, Middleton, on February 1, 2015.

If convicted, Allen faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison on each robbery count. He faces a mandatory penalty of seven years in federal prison on the first brandishing a firearm count, to be served consecutively to any prison sentence imposed for that robbery, and a mandatory minimum penalty of 25 years on the second brandishing a firearm count, to be served consecutively to any other sentence imposed. The charges against Allen are the result of an investigation by the Madison, Middleton and Fitchburg Police Departments, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The prosecution of this case will be handled by Assistant U.S. Attorney Rita Rumbelow.