Larry Dempsey

Introduction

Larry Dempsey, 53, of Philadelphia, was sentenced on 7 October 2026 to 120 months and one day in federal prison, followed by supervised release and $7,600 in restitution, for an armed robbery and shooting at a city convenience store in October 2024. U.S. District Judge John F. Murphy imposed the term after Dempsey pleaded guilty in June 2026 to Hobbs Act robbery and to using, carrying, and discharging a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.

Background Information

Dempsey was charged by indictment in June 2025, eight months after the robbery, and resolved the case by plea a year later. The underlying incident, as detailed in court filings and admitted by the defendant, took place on 6 October 2024 at a convenience store on the 2600 block of North 27th Street in Philadelphia — a commercial corridor in the city’s Allegheny West section where the store served a residential block.

The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation

Convicted and sentenced. Dempsey admitted the robbery and the gunfire in his June 2026 plea and received 120 months and one day on 7 October 2026.

According to the court record, Dempsey entered the store armed with a firearm and chased the store clerk out of the shop at gunpoint. He took money from the register, then discharged his firearm twice inside the store, causing damage to the business. The restitution order — $7,600 — tracks the monetary loss from the robbery and the damage from the shots. The discharge counts are what separate the case from an ordinary strong-arm robbery: firing twice in an enclosed retail space endangered anyone in or near the store, and the conviction for discharging a firearm during a crime of violence carries its own consecutive penalty structure under federal law.

Public Reaction and Consequences

The case was investigated by the Philadelphia Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Catherine S. Dos Santos and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Meagan Gordon. The sentence puts Dempsey, at 53, into federal prison for roughly the next decade, with supervised release to follow and the restitution obligation running alongside.

Current Status

Dempsey is beginning his 120-month-and-one-day term, with supervised release to follow as ordered by Judge Murphy. The plea and sentence close the federal case; no appeal had been announced in the public record as of the announcement, and the restitution judgment remains collectible after his release.

Impact on Their Career/Life

The conviction record permanently documents Dempsey as the man who chased a clerk into the street at gunpoint and shot up a neighborhood store over register money. At his age, a ten-year federal term amounts to the remainder of his working life, and the felon-in-possession realities that follow any firearms conviction will shape his supervised-release conditions long after the prison term ends.

Sources

• U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, “Philadelphia Man Sentenced to 10 Years and One Day in Prison for Armed Robbery and Shooting at City Convenience Store” — source