PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia man will spend more than a decade in prison for his role in multiple area robberies that targeted armored trucks, including one in the Elkins Park section of Cheltenham Township.
Mujahid Davis, 24, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Philadelphia to 11 years in a federal prison after he pleaded guilty to two Hobbs Act robberies, two attempted Hobbs Act robberies and one count of brandishing, using or carrying a firearm during a violent crime in connection with incidents that occurred between July and October in 2025.
The Hobbs Act is a federal law that addresses robbery or extortion that affects interstate or foreign commerce.
U.S. District Court Judge Gail A. Weilheimer also ordered Davis to complete five years’ supervised release, or probation, and to pay $134,000 in restitution.
According to court filings Davis, with others, participated in the following crimes: the July 2, 2025, robbery of a Brinks truck in Philadelphia; the July 15, 2025, attempted robbery of a Brinks truck in Philadelphia; the Aug. 12, 2025, robbery of a Brinks truck in Elkins Park; and the Oct. 3, 2025, attempted robbery of a Brinks truck in Philadelphia.
According to the FBI’s Philadelphia Field Office, the Aug. 12 incident occurred while a Brinks truck was servicing a store in the 7300 block of Old York Road in the Elkins Park section of Cheltenham.
As the Brinks employee walked toward the entrance of the store, two suspects approached the employee, one armed with a black handgun and the other armed with an AR-style rifle. The suspects took a bag filled with cash and fled the scene in a black Acura, which was later abandoned, according to the FBI’s website.
No shots were fired and no one was injured during the Elkins Park incident.
Davis’ co-defendant, Dante Shackleford, 27, also of Philadelphia, pleaded guilty in April to three attempted Hobbs Act robberies, one Hobbs Act robbery and carrying, using and brandishing a firearm in connection with the incidents. Shackleford faces sentencing later this month, according to U.S. Attorney David Metcalf.
The FBI Philadelphia Violent Crimes Task Force and the Philadelphia Police Department investigated the incidents.
Federal prosecutors Robert Eckert and Kwambina Coker handled the cases.