A Youngstown, Ohio man, known to federal authorities as the “Beretta Bandit” faces a 100-year prison term when he is sentenced for a series of robberies in Florida.

After hearing evidence during a trial in U.S. District Court in Tampa, a jury found 44-year-old Richard Allen Randolph guilty of three counts of robbery, one count of attempted robbery, three counts of brandishing a firearm, and one count of discharging a firearm during the commission of the robberies.

The case is unusual in that the victims of robberies at four Tampa businesses between January 27 and February 26, 2020, never saw the suspect’s face, since he was wearing a hooded sweatshirt and had his face covered.

However, investigators say the robber held a small, semi-automatic Beretta Pico pistol as he scooped up money from the cash registers.

During an attempted robbery on February 26, 2020, authorities say the suspect fired two shots when he was confronted by the victim’s boyfriend in the parking lot.

Police recovered a bullet casing and kept it as evidence in a case file titled “Beretta Bandit”.

During a routine traffic stop later, deputies confiscated a Beretta Pico pistol that the owner claimed to have purchased from Allen, whom he said was a former co-worker.

Authorities say ballistic testing showed that the casing recovered from the robbery had been fired from the confiscated gun.

During the trial, the victims testified about their terror during the robberies. However, they couldn’t identify Randolph because he wore a hooded sweatshirt and a mask.

The evidence at trial focused on the recovered Beretta Pico pistol, the testimony of the co-worker, the forensic analyses from the ATF laboratory in Atlanta, and other location data analyses by the FBI.

According to the Assistant U.S. Attorney, Randolph faces a minimum penalty of 100 years in federal prison on the firearm counts and a maximum of 20 years on each of the robbery counts. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for July 30, 2024.