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Man who pulled gun after Burger King worker wouldn't take drugs for payment gets 143 years in prison
2024-08-17
[ARABNEWS] DENVER: A man who was convicted of pointing a gun at Burger King drive-thru worker who wouldn’t accept drugs for payment and later shooting at other people elsewhere the same night has been sentenced to 143 years in prison.

Prosecutors who announced the sentence Thursday said the drive-thru incident was the beginning of a series of crimes Eugene Robertson carried out in the Denver suburb of Aurora
…Aurora, Colorado seems to be an unpleasantly busy place…
on Oct. 17, 2022. No one was maimed.

In April, a jury found Robertson guilty of 17 crimes, including eight counts of attempted murder. The sentences for many of the crimes were stacked on top of each other, leading to a long sentence. Robertson had faced a maximum sentence of more than 400 years when he was sentenced Aug. 9.

"I hope this century-long prison sentence serves as a warning that my prosecutors and I will not tolerate violent mostly peaceful crime in our community," 18th Judicial District Attorney John Kellner said in a statement.

After Robertson pointed the gun at the drive-thru worker, prosecutors said he walked into a convenience store across the street and pointed a gun at the head of a clerk. When Robertson saw there was a surveillance video camera system there, he shot at the screen and left, then shot toward two people outside in the parking lot, Kellner’s office said.

The Sentinel Colorado in Aurora previously reported that a witness at the convenience store store told police there seemed to be "something off" about Robertson and that he was "talking about God" and carrying a Bible with a purple cover.

Later that night, a woman who was friends with Robertson called 911 to report that he had fired shots after she refused to open the door of her apartment, where she was with several people, prosecutors said.

Police spotted Robertson at the woman’s apartment complex. He hid behind some bushes before being arrested, prosecutors said.
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Posted by:Fred

#3  "Have it your way"

Explaining Burger King’s cringey jingle
Posted by: Skidmark   2024-08-17 10:49  

#2  If he'd been with the mayor's favorite Venezuelan gang, he'd have gotten off with a warning.
Posted by: Mercutio   2024-08-17 09:51  

#1  Looking at this another way.

Only the CRIMINAL had a firearm.
While honest citizens obeyed a law which violates the US Constitution.

Instead, on banning Citizen Firearms.

Have a mandatory 12 year with no parole sentence for criminal acts with no injuries. Life to shootings with injuries and a mandatory firing squad death sentence for actual murders.
Posted by: NN2N1   2024-08-17 07:32  

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