Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody has filed criminal charges against two violent organized retail robbers.
Raheem Davis Jr. and co-defendant Vayshoun Harris are charged with committing multiple robberies at Home Depot locations in five separate counties, including physical aggression against store employees.
“These two criminals committed multiple robberies at Home Depot stores across five counties, violently assaulting employees in the process. In one incident, a defendant even pepper sprayed a cashier in the face. We do not stand for organized retail theft in this state, especially theft that involves violence—I proudly stood with Gov. DeSantis recently as he signed a new law strengthening our statutes against crimes just like these. We will continue to hold these thieves accountable,” said Moody.
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According to the AG’s office, Davis and Harris visited several Home Depot locations across the state, filled their shopping carts, and attempted to check out in the store’s outside garden department.
The defendants then attempted to pay for products totaling more than $1,000 each time with counterfeit money.
When the clerks discovered the counterfeit money, Davis entered the store’s employee area and manipulated buttons on the register screen in an attempt to access the cash drawer.
Davis assaulted store employees who attempted to resist and once pepper-sprayed a clerk in the face.
Harris acted as a lookout or transported the cart full of stolen stuff to the duo’s vehicle while Davis argued with store employees.
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Davis, the leader of the duo, is facing three counts of burglary with assault or battery, one count of robbery with a weapon—first-degree felonies—one count of robbery, a second-degree felony; three counts of attempted robbery and one count of battery on a person 65 years of age or older, each third-degree felonies.
Davis and Harris are both already in custody in other counties regarding other cases for previous crimes—Davis in Duval County, Harris in Manatee County.
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