ROBBERY SUSPECT SENTENCED ON OTHER CHARGES.Byline: Karen Maeshiro Staff Writer MOJAVE - A 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. man sought by federal authorities on charges of robbing a bank last September in Mojave has been sentenced to state prison on unrelated drug charges. Jonathon Ward, 23, will be brought from the Tehachapi state prison to federal court in Fresno to appear on the bank robbery The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. Bank robbery is the crime of robbing a bank. case. ``He got picked up in L.A. on state charges and was eventually sentenced to state prison,'' Assistant U.S. Attorney Duce Rice said. ``We will bring him to federal court and join him into the case.'' Ward was sentenced in March to three years in prison after being convicted of transporting or selling marijuana, state Department of Corrections records show. A federal arrest warrant was issued last fall for Ward after he disappeared after being released from Kern County jail on bail. Ward, one of five suspects in the Sept. 5 robbery of Mojave Desert Mojave or Mohave Desert, c.15,000 sq mi (38,850 sq km), region of low, barren mountains and flat valleys, 2,000 to 5,000 ft (610–1,524 m) high, S Calif.; part of the Great Basin of the United States. Bank, bailed out of jail before federal prosecutors took over the case and he did not appear at a court hearing in Mojave. Co-defendants Maliki Foust, 23, of Compton pleaded guilty in February to armed bank robbery and faces up to 25 years in prison; Megan Evans, 19, of Los Angeles pleaded guilty in early March to conspiracy to commit bank robbery and faces up to five years in prison. Two others, Kejuan Moore, 23, of Hawthorne, and Francesca Rivera, 19, of Los Angeles, have pleaded not guilty in U.S. District Court in Fresno to charges of conspiracy to commit bank robbery, armed bank robbery, and carrying and possessing a firearm during a crime of violence. Moore remains in federal custody and Rivera, over objections by prosecutors, was released by the court last September to await trial. Under federal prosecution, the defendants face stiffer prison sentences than if they had been prosecuted at the state level. The maximum federal penalty for conviction on the bank robbery charge is 25 years, officials said. The three men are suspected of being the robbers who took more than $51,000 shortly after 9:30 a.m. Sept. 5 from Mojave Desert Bank in the 15570 block of K Street. Customers and employees were ordered to lie on the floor while the bandits fled with the money. The two women are believed to be the getaway drivers. After a car chase down 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 and then a two-hour search of a Lancaster neighborhood, Ward and Foust were arrested hiding in the attic In the Attic can refer to:
getaway car n → voiture prévue pour prendre la fuite on the Antelope Valley Freeway The Antelope Valley Freeway is a freeway in Los Angeles and Kern counties in southern California. It is signed as California State Highway 14 along its length. It connects Greater Los Angeles to the rapidly developing Antelope Valley. in Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, . Moore was arrested later in Los Angeles, officials said. Karen Maeshiro, (661) 267-5744 karen.maeshiro(at)dailynews.com |
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