A 20-year-old Montgomery man, Perrion Savage, who fired his gun into a display of tobacco products because a gas station clerk was too slow with the cash register will spend more than 33 years in federal prison.
Savage was sentenced on Wednesday to 402 months in federal custody, followed by five years of supervised release, for robbing four Montgomery gas stations at gunpoint over three days in January 2025. Federal inmates are not eligible for parole.
According to his plea agreement and court records, Savage hit gas stations on South Perry Street, Wares Ferry Road, Jackson Ferry Road and Zelda Road between January 28 and January 30, 2025.
The first clerk did not open the register fast enough, and Savage fired into the tobacco display behind the counter. He fired three more shots during the second robbery. He pulled a gun on the clerk during the third and robbed a fourth station before the three days were up.
Savage pleaded guilty in May to four counts of Hobbs Act robbery, two counts of discharging a firearm during a crime of violence and one count of brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence.
U.S. Attorney Thomas Govan, the former chief of the Alabama Attorney General’s Criminal Trials Division who was sworn in as the Middle District’s top federal prosecutor in May, said Savage’s spree endangered everyone who walked into those stores.
“This crime spree put gas station employees and the public at risk as the defendant used a firearm to carry out robberies at four locations across Montgomery,” Govan said. “His decision to fire shots during two of the robberies underscores the danger these crimes pose to our community. The U.S. Attorney’s Office remains committed to working with our law enforcement partners to hold violent offenders accountable and protect the safety of the people we serve.”
FBI Assistant Special Agent in Charge Jordan Hadfield, whose agents worked the case alongside the Montgomery Police Department, said the sentence matched the crime.
“Perrion Savage’s violent actions during this crime spree put innocent people in danger,” Hadfield said. “This sentence reflects the seriousness of his offenses and reinforces our commitment to working with the Montgomery Police Department and our federal partners to protect the community and hold violent offenders accountable.”
Assistant U.S. Attorney Michelle Turner prosecuted the case for the Middle District of Alabama.
