Two Anson County residents who pleaded guilty to Hobbs Act robberies and firearms charges have been sentenced, announced Sandra J. Hairston, United States Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina.
In August 2024, Brandon Drelle Wall, 35, of Wadesboro, North Carolina, and William Chavis Dunlap, Jr., 29, of Morven, North Carolina, pleaded guilty to robbing a sweepstakes business in Winston-Salem in June 2022, and another in Liberty in August 2022.
Each defendant also pleaded guilty to brandishing a firearm during and in furtherance of a crime of violence.
Wall was sentenced on October 30, 2024, to consecutive terms of 138 months imprisonment and 84 months’ imprisonment, plus five years supervised release.
Dunlap was sentenced today to consecutive terms of 110 months’ imprisonment and 84 months’ imprisonment, plus five years of supervised release.
Both sentencing hearings were held in Greensboro, North Carolina, before United States District Judge William L. Osteen, Jr. In addition to prison time, Wall and Dunlap were ordered to pay restitution and forfeited their interests in seven firearms plus multiple magazines and rounds of ammunition.
According to court documents, Wall and Dunlap wore masks and threatened employees with guns to gain access to business safes. During the robbery in Liberty, the defendants also forced patrons to the floor at gunpoint.
Wall and Dunlap took a phone, wallet, $1,400, and two guns in the Winston-Salem robbery. A total of $8,650 was stolen during the Liberty robbery. After his arrest, Wall admitted he also robbed a gas station in Richmond County, and Dunlap admitted to robbing a discount store in Anson County.
