Man Pleads Guilty to Armed Robbery of Students on ODU Campus in 2022
NORFOLK, Va. — Anton Miller Jr., 22, was convicted on Monday of armed robbery after robbing two Old Dominion University students at gunpoint in 2022.
On the evening of Nov. 4, 2022, one student was walking home when a gray Dodge Charger stopped at 43rd Street. Wearing a black ski mask, Mr. Miller got out of the Charger from a passenger seat, held a gun to the student’s head, and demanded all the student’s property. The student complied, Mr. Miller got back in the Charger with the student’s belongings, and the student called police after the Charge drove off. Moments later, Mr. Miller robbed a different student victim in the same way further down Hampton Boulevard.
Norfolk Police officers responded to a nearby drug store off Hampton Boulevard where they found the gray Charger parked. After speaking with the individuals in the parking lot, officers arrested Mr. Miller, who had an ammunition magazine tucked in his waistband. Mr. Miller told officers his vehicle was a nearby Hyundai Elantra. When officers looked inside that vehicle, they found a firearm matching Mr. Miller’s magazine on the floor of the driver’s seat and Mr. Miller’s identification cards. Officers also found one of the student victim’s identification cards inside the gray Charger. Mr. Miller was the only individual present found to be in possession of a black ski mask.
The driver of the gray Charger and another passenger told police they knew Mr. Miller from service together in the U.S. Navy and that they were driving around campus to find a party to attend. To both of their surprise, Mr. Miller demanded they stop the vehicle, Mr. Miller presented a firearm, and they subsequently watched Mr. Miller rob the students. They complied with Mr. Miller’s demands to drive off and leave the crime scenes because Mr. Miller was armed, and they were in fear of what Mr. Miller might do. After the second robbery, the driver returned the group to the drug store parking lot where they initially met for the night.
On Monday, Mr. Miller pleaded guilty to armed robbery, and Judge Tasha D. Scott accepted his plea with no agreement to his sentence. Mr. Miller is docketed for sentencing on July 26.
“Every student deserves to go to school in a safe environment, and Mr. Miller violated their safety and that right,” said Commonwealth’s Attorney Ramin Fatehi. “Mr. Miller threatened and endangered these students, and we appreciate the help of the victims and the Norfolk Police in holding Mr. Miller accountable.”
Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney Caswell W. Richardson is prosecuting Mr. Miller’s case on behalf of the Commonwealth, and Norfolk Police Officer Alexander R. Kay led the investigation.
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