BRIEFLY : NEARLY 22-YEAR TERM GIVEN A.V. DEFENDANT.LANCASTER - A 21-year-old Lancaster man was sentenced Tuesday to nearly 22 years in prison for robbing a flower shop, a discount cigarette store and a novelty shop during a week-long crime spree. Norman Gentle was convicted in October of 14 counts, including robbery, attempted robbery, assault with a deadly weapon Assault with a Deadly Weapon is the term used to describe the act of threatening to harm one or more people by using a weapon (usually a firearm). Here, assault must be differentiated from battery as they are often confused. Assault is threatening to use force. and false imprisonment false imprisonment, complete restraint upon a person's liberty of movement without legal justification. Actual physical contact is not necessary; a show of authority or a threat of force is sufficient. The person falsely imprisoned may sue the offender for damages. . Three stores were robbed between August and September 1998. Gentle was arrested after one of the victims spotted him at the 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 Fair and later at the shopping center where she worked. The defense argued unsuccessfully it was a case of mistaken identity, and Gentle's mother testified that she and her son were together at time of the incidents.- - Daily News 2 jailed on suspicion of operating meth meth n. Methamphetamine hydrochloride. lab LANCASTER - Culminating a lengthy investigation, Lancaster narcotics narcotics n. 1) techinically, drugs which dull the senses. 2) a popular generic term for drugs which cannot be legally possessed, sold, or transported except for medicinal uses for which a physician or dentist's prescription is required. detectives have arrested two Lancaster residents and dismantled a methamphetamine lab operating in a mobile home in the 2300 block of Avenue J. Officials said they arrested Stanley Stoneburg, 27, who was wanted on a felony drug warrant out of Ventura County, and James Depiano, a 34-year-old parolee pa·rol·ee n. One who is released on parole. Noun 1. parolee - someone released on probation or on parole probationer , while investigating the methamphetamine operation. The lab, which was capable of producing one to two ounces of methamphetamine at a time, was dismantled by the North County Clandestine Methamphetamine Lab Task Force and the County Hazardous Materials unit. Stoneburg and Depiano were jailed in lieu of $500,000 bail each. - Daily News |
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