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Man who pulled gun after worker at Colorado Burger King wouldn't take drugs for payment gets 143 years in prison (coloradosun.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by oleorun@real.lemmy.fan to c/weirdnews@real.lemmy.fan

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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 on Oct. 17, 2022. No one was wounded.

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.

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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.

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[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 19 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

This seems a bit over zealous, especially when you figure rapist Brock Turner got such a light sentence.

[–] oleorun@real.lemmy.fan 10 points 3 weeks ago

You're talking about Brock Turner, the coward rapist?

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 8 points 3 weeks ago

Or, y'know anyone involved in the Jan 6th insurrection, including our last president.