Carlos Zackery, 26. Via Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office.
A Washington, D.C. man was sentenced to 26 years in prison Tuesday for armed robberies of two pharmacies in Bethesda and Silver Spring, according to the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office (MCSAO).
Carlos Zackery, 26, was sentenced in Montgomery County Circuit Court to 100 years in prison, with all suspended but 26 years, plus five years of supervised probation after release.
Last September, Zackery pleaded guilty to six armed robberies, nine first-degree assaults, and two charges of conspiracy to commit armed robbery, per MCSAO.
In one instance, according to charging documents, on Dec. 23, 2021, two suspects obtained $15,866.14 worth of prescription medication, including Oxycodone and other opioids, from the Walgreens at 6906 Arlington Road in Bethesda. One suspect with a handgun ordered employees to the ground and demanded narcotics while the other filled a trash bag.
His half-brother, Dionte Taylor, 25, of an unknown address, is a co-defendant in the case and was sentenced in January to 65 years in prison with all but 12 years suspended, plus five years of supervised probation after release. He pleaded guilty to 13 counts in connection to the robberies.
“These defendants terrorized pharmacy employees and customers,” Montgomery County State’s Attorney John McCarthy said in a written statement. “We are grateful to Assistant State’s Attorneys Peter Larson and Sheila Bagheri for their work in this matter along with the pharmacy clerk who bravely activated the silent alarm and to Montgomery County Police. In the case of the most recent robbery, officers were able to prevent thousands of narcotics and opioid pills from hitting the streets.”
