Yesterday, 25-year old Jahrastafar Jamal Farmer of Fairview Heights, Illinois, received an 8-year sentence in federal prison, to be followed by a three year term of supervised release, and was ordered to pay a special assessment of $200, a fine of $200, and restitution in the amount of $206.88, following his plea of guilty to violating the Hobbs Act and Brandishing a Firearm During a Crime of Violence, in connection with the robbery of Moto Mart in Fairview Heights on November 2, 2013.  A factual stipulation filed at the time of the guilty plea indicates that a Moto Mart employee and a customer were ordered to the floor at gunpoint by Farmer, who then fled the scene with a mere $206.88.  Alert employees and cooperative citizens provided valuable leads to the Fairview Heights Police Department, which ultimately led to a search of Farmer’s home and a recovery of physical evidence linking him to the armed robbery, to include a 9 millimeter semiautomatic handgun.