Las Vegas man sentenced in convenience store robbery spree
The last of four defendants who participated in four convenience store robberies in 2012 was sentenced this week to more 16 years in federal prison.
Michael Hall, 28, of Las Vegas, also was ordered Monday to spend five years of supervised release after prison, according to Nevada U.S. Attorney Daniel Bogden.
Hall pleaded guilty in February to four counts of interference with commerce by robbery and one count of brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence.
Hall was the getaway driver for each of the robberies, which occurred over a 30-minute span on April 6, 2012, Bogden said.
Hall’s co-defendants — Delon Hunter, 18, William Bonaparte, 24, and Erica Bowden-Payne, 26 — all previously pleaded guilty and were sentenced to prison. In each robbery, prosecutors alleged, Hunter pointed a handgun at Bonaparte, who was posing as a customer. Hunter threatened to shoot Bonaparte if the store employee did not turn over money and other items.
A Las Vegas police officer saw the last robbery in progress near Cheyenne Road and Buffalo Drive and confronted the defendants as they left the store, according to prosecutors. The defendants fled in the getaway vehicle, leading officers on a high speed chase before the vehicle stopped near Tenaya Way and Rainbow Boulevard.
Three of the defendants ran away and were caught nearby. The fourth defendant, Bowden-Payne, remained in the vehicle and was arrested.
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