Downtown Brooklyn man gets 13 years for four-day gunpoint robbery spree

A Downtown Brooklyn man has been sentenced to 13 years in prison after authorities said he carried out three gunpoint robberies across the neighborhood in just four days.Jaquan Smith-Mack, 34, was sentenced Wednesday in Brooklyn Supreme Court to 13 years behind bars followed by five years of post-release supervision. He pleaded guilty to first-degree robbery in June, according to the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office.Prosecutors said the robbery spree began Sept. 27, 2024, near Navy Stre