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Other suspects sentenced in store robbery |
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Tuesday, 10 November 2009 |
By BRIAN HAWKINS
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The final two of four suspects charged in last fall’s armed robbery of a local convenience store have pleaded guilty to lesser charges in the case and will serve some prison time.
Jefferson L. Clayborn, 20 of 3185 Stovall Road, Crawford, and Joshua L. Hendrix, 17, of 1630 Josie Allen Road, each pleaded guilty to individual charges of robbery in Oktibbeha County Circuit Court.
The charges against the two were reduced on a motion by prosecutors from original charges of armed robbery.
Hendrix was sentenced to 5 years in prison and fined $500.
Clayborn, who also pleaded guilty to burglary of a dwelling and grand larceny charges, was sentenced to 11 years in prison and fined $1,500.
Their sentencings close the book on the September 2008 armed robbery of the Sprint Mart convenience store on Academy Road.
In the armed robbery incident, two suspects — later identified as Carl Baptist Jr. and Chauntrez Jenkins — went into the Sprint Mart store, one of them brandishing a small-caliber handgun, Starkville police said.
The suspects ordered the clerk to open the cash register, and they removed the cash inside, fleeing on foot east on Academy Road, officers said.
Clayborn and Hendrix were acting as lookouts and did not enter the store police said.
Last week, Jenkins and Baptist also pleaded guilty to armed robbery charges in the Spring Mart holdup and to multiple other felony charges against them and were sentenced to serve 28 years and 19 years in prison, respectively.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 11 November 2009 )
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