Posted Thursday, November 8, 2012 --- 8:15 a.m.

From the Department of Justice:

Donnie L. Taylor-Young, 21, Madison, Wis., is charged with the armed robbery of Heller's Recycling in Madison on May 29, 2012.

The indictment also charges Taylor-Young with brandishing firearms, namely shotguns, during a crime of violence.

If convicted, Taylor-Young faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison on the armed robbery charge, and a mandatory minimum of five years and a maximum of life in prison on the brandishing a firearm charge, which would be served consecutively
to any sentence imposed for the armed robbery.

The charges against him are the result of an investigation by the Madison Police Department and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

The prosecution of this case has been assigned to Assistant U.S. Attorney Rita M. Rumbelow.