The men dubbed the “Cowboy Gun Bandits” by the FBI were each sentenced to over 35 years in prison for their 2013 robbery spree which targeted a bank and gas station convenience stores, including an ARCO station in Newhall, officials said Tuesday.

Dominic Dorsey, 51, of Hollywood, and Reginald Bailey, 74, of Los Angeles, were sentenced to serve 40 and 35 years, respectively, in federal prison on Friday by United States District Judge Christina A. Snyder, according to officials.

Additionally, both men were ordered to pay restitution to the sum of $58,700.

Following a two-week trial in July 2016, a federal jury found Dorsey and Bailey guilty of 11 felony counts: conspiracy to interfere with commerce in violation of the Hobbs Act, five specific Hobbs Act robberies and five counts of using a firearm during the robberies.

The jury specifically found that Dorsey and Bailey committed five robberies:

•        a September 24, 2013 robbery at a Shell gas station in Woodland Hills;
•        an October 6, 2013 robbery at an ARCO gas station in Newhall;
•        an October 18, 2013 robbery at a Chevron gas station in Woodland Hills;
•        an October 25, 2013 robbery at an ARCO gas station in Encino; and
•        a November 5, 2013 robbery of a Citibank branch in Glendale that netted more than $55,000.

In addition to these robberies, the jury heard evidence in relation to the conspiracy count that Dorsey and Bailey also committed robberies at three other gas stations in October 2013, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

Documents filed by prosecutors in relation to the sentencings described “the violent, terroristic nature” of Dorsey and Bailey’s alleged criminal conduct, and how they allegedly “repeatedly brandished and used a firearm to control and instill fear in innocent civilians in order to steal from them and their businesses,” according to U.S. Attorney’s Office officials.

Many of the robberies were captured by video surveillance, which allowed investigators to determine that one of the robbers was missing part of his ring finger on his left hand. The video evidence helped lead authorities to Bailey, whose left hand is missing a portion of his ring finger, officials said.

The investigation into the string of robberies by the “Cowboy Gun Bandits” was conducted by the Los Angeles Metropolitan Task Force on Violent Crime, which is made up of investigators with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Los Angeles Police Department and the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department. The Glendale Police Department provided “substantial” assistance during the investigation, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

This case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Joseph D. Axelrad and Jeffrey M. Chemerinsky of the Violent and Organized Crime Section.

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