2 Sanford Men Charged in Armed Robbery at Osteen Circle K

Date Added: March 11, 2022 3:38 pm

Laura Williams, Office of
Public Affairs & Media Relations

2 SANFORD MEN CHARGED WITH ARMED ROBBERY AT OSTEEN CIRCLE K
Suspects Linked to 2 Other Central Florida Robberies

Two Sanford men are in custody after they robbed three convenience stores at gunpoint recently, including a Circle K store in Osteen.

The armed robberies occurred in mid-February – one Feb. 11 at a Circle K in Orlando; one early Feb. 14 at the Osteen Circle K, 320 N. State Road 415; and the third shortly after at a 7-Eleven in Sanford. 

On Feb. 14, Volusia sheriff’s deputies and detectives responded to the Osteen robbery at 2:37 a.m., where two clerks stated that a male wearing a white hoodie, sunglasses and gloves approached the counter and pointed a silver handgun at both employees, demanding money from the cash register.

The suspect told them not to “push any buttons” and not to move. He demanded three cartons of cigarettes then walked out of the store. A second suspect wearing a black hoodie and black pants stood at the door acting as a lookout and both fled on foot.

Soon after, the detectives were notified by Sanford police that a robbery had just occurred at a 7-Eleven in their city by the same male suspect at 2:56 a.m. 

With the help of surveillance video, witnesses’ statements and investigative means, Volusia and Orange county detectives and Sanford police working together matched the two male suspects to the three robberies.

Arrested were: Taylor Silvia, 26 (DOB 10/11/95) and Marvin Knight, 33 (DOB 02/03/1989).

Silvia was arrested Feb. 14. He remains held at the Seminole County Jail on charges from all three agencies, including Volusia charges of robbery with a firearm or deadly weapon, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and aggravated assault with a firearm x2.

Knight was arrested Thursday on a Volusia charge of robbery with firearm/deadly weapon, as well as a warrant from the Orange County Sheriff’s Office. He remains in custody at the Orange County jail.