Man who shot store clerk during Billings robbery sentenced to 18 years
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and last updated 2021-04-07 17:49:58-04
BILLINGS â A man who admitted to shooting a Billings convenience store clerk in the arm during a 2019 robbery was sentenced Thursday to 18 years and nine months in federal prison and five years supervised release.
Darren Samuel Whiteman, 37, a transient, pleaded guilty to robbery and firearms charges on Nov. 20, 2020.
The clerk told police that Whiteman said, âOpen the cash register. Iâm robbing the place. Imma pop this bitch.â He fled in a pickup truck.
U.S. District Judge Susan P. Watters presided in Whiteman s case.