Man sentenced for shooting store clerk during robbery
Man who shot Billings store clerk sentenced to 18 years in prison
By: MTN News
and last updated 2021-04-08 19:06:48-04
Darren Samuel Whiteman, who admitted shooting a Billings convenience store clerk in the arm during a 2019 robbery, was sentenced Thursday.
Whiteman, a 37-year old transient, pleaded guilty to robbery and firearms charges on November 20, 2020.
A witness identified Whiteman as the man who went into the Gas N Go store at 800 Jackson Avenue on November 24, 2019, demanded money, and shot the clerk.
The clerk told police that Whiteman said, âOpen the cash register. Iâm robbing the place. Imma pop this bitch.â He drove away in a pickup truck.
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.
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