ARMED ROBBERS SENTENCED TO TERMS OF 8, 30 YEARS.Byline: Karen Maeshiro Staff Writer LOS ANGELES Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. - Two Los Angeles men convicted in the armed robbery of a Lancaster jewelry jewelry, personal adornments worn for ornament or utility, to show rank or wealth, or to follow superstitious custom or fashion. The most universal forms of jewelry are the necklace, bracelet, ring, pin, and earring. shop in which the owners were shot were sentenced Friday to terms ranging from eight to 30 years. The sentences are in addition to the 30-year prison terms Keyawn Cook and Ramon Patton, both 28, are already serving for robbing an Orange County jewelry store. ``We are really glad for the outcome. They had committed some serious crimes. We are pleased that justice was done in this case,'' Deputy District Attorney Carlos Chung said. Cook was sentenced to 30 years, and Patton to eight years and four months in Los Angeles Superior Court, Chung said. Cook and Patton were convicted in June of stealing $200,000 worth of jewelry and watches from Hodgkins Jewelers on June 26, 1996. Terry Hodgkins was shot in the hand and left leg, and Colleen col·leen n. An Irish girl. [Irish Gaelic cailín, diminutive of caile, girl, from Old Irish. Hodgkins was shot in the right leg during the holdup. A Los Angeles Superior Court jury convicted Cook and Patton of assault with a firearm firearm, device consisting essentially of a straight tube to propel shot, shell, or bullets by the explosion of gunpowder. Although the Chinese discovered gunpowder as early as the 9th cent., they did not develop firearms until the mid-14th cent. , robbery and criminal street terrorism, or actively participating in a gang, officials said. The jury, which deliberated about five days following a two-week trial, acquitted Cook of attempting to murder Terry Hodgkins, officials said. The defense had argued that neither Cook nor Patton was involved in the robbery and that the victims had misidentified them, officials said. Three other suspects in the robbery were never caught. Cook and Patton were convicted previously of an August 1996 Orange County jewelry store robbery and sentenced to 30 years each. The Orange County holdup was botched botch tr.v. botched, botch·ing, botch·es 1. To ruin through clumsiness. 2. To make or perform clumsily; bungle. 3. To repair or mend clumsily. n. 1. when the getaway driver left before the robbers left the store. Cook was arrested a short distance away and Patton was taken into custody after an investigation. Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley investigators learned of the Orange County robbery, decided it was similar to the Hodgkins robbery, and linked Cook and Patton to the Lancaster crime through a photo lineup A presentation of photographs to a victim or witness of a crime. A photo lineup, also known as a photo array and or photo display, is a procedure used by law enforcement personnel to discover or confirm the identity of a criminal suspect. . Deputies said two men posed as customers, entering the store shortly after 11 a.m., then pulled out guns and let the other robbers in through a back door. |
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