Not guilty to guilty: 21 year old Sherwin Santos changed the plea for his armed robbery charge before the Chief Magistrate, Sharon Fraser. He was sentenced to 3 years, 2 years less than the minimum sentence for robbery. Before Fraser decided on the sentence, she took into consideration the fact that he pleaded guilty and saved the court time and also that Santos he has seen what prison is like and he wants to make a change in his life.
She explained to Santos that she cannot give a suspended sentence like she gave the minor who was convicted of the same offence because he has previous convictions.
Santos's sentence was for the robbery of New Fortune Restaurant, located at the corner of King Street and East Collet Canal Street. That incident occurred on July 5, 2018.
As captured on security cameras, three persons entered the restaurant and one of them took out a black object that resembled a firearm from the waist of his pants and pointed it at the owner while the other went behind the counter and stole $700 from the cash register.
A police officer reported that when he viewed the video footage from the surveillance camera at the restaurant he positively identified Santos as one of the robbers.
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