ROANOKE, Va. – A pair of Danville, Virginia men who robbed the Sunrise convenience store in Danville in February 2023 were sentenced yesterday in federal court.

Calvin Franklin Hughes Jr., 38, and Arshay Treyvant Haley, 19, both previously pled guilty for their roles in the robbery.

Tuesday in U.S. District Court, Hughes was sentenced to 156 months in prison and Haley was sentenced to 92 months.

According to court records and evidence presented to the court, around 8:30 p.m. on February 15, 2023, Hughes and Haley entered the Danville Sunrise convenience store wearing masks. Hughes held the store clerk at gunpoint for close to a minute, while Haley walked behind the counter and brandished a large machete at the clerk.  Hughes took approximately $750 from the cash register and Haley grabbed several cigarette cartons from the shelf.  Before fleeing the store with Haley, Hughes fired his pistol into the ceiling above the clerk, causing the clerk to duck in fright.

United States Attorney Christopher R. Kavanaugh and James VanVliet, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Washington Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives made the announcement.

The Danville Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigated the case.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Drew O. Inman prosecuted the case for the United States.