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Mercado and Hardy pursued the caregiver through the home, both firing their weapons but missing the victim, according to the district attorney. Escaping the home, the statement notes the shooters again shot at the caregiver and again missed (
Seacoast Online reports he had a gunshot wound to the foot).
Returning to the home, it is unclear if Mercado and Hardy found any drugs and money, but they did steal the victim’s truck. A short time later, though, they crashed the vehicle, fled on foot into nearby woods and were later picked up “by the driver who had driven them to the house.”
Medical marijuana caregiver lured into hot tub before violent home invasion robbery
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Medical marijuana caregiver lured into hot tub before violent home invasion robbery
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A third man who pleaded guilty to his involvement in a robbery attempt at the York home of a medical marijuana caregiver has been sentenced to more than eight years in federal prison.
Nathaniel Rivera pleaded guilty in February 2020 to one count of conspiracy to commit a Hobbs Act robbery, or robbery “affecting interstate or foreign commerce.” U.S. District Judge Jon Levy imposed the sentence of 97 months, or eight years and one month, during a hearing Wednesday in Portland. Under a plea agreement, Rivera had waived his right to appeal any sentence less than five years, so he could ask the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston to review the penalty.
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Two defendants in robbery attempt in York get more than 15 years in prison
The Massachusetts men pleaded guilty to their roles in a robbery attempt in York that turned violent.
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Two men who pleaded guilty in connection with a wild robbery attempt in York in 2019 have each been sentenced to more than 15 years in federal prison.
A third man who admitted to being part of the scheme will be sentenced Wednesday.
Court documents show Eric Mercado, Steven Hardy and Nathaniel Rivera came from Massachusetts in 2019 in hopes of stealing money and marijuana from a medical marijuana caregiver who lived in York. Instead, their intended victim fought back with a liquor bottle, and was shot at by two of the men before he ran to a neighbor’s house. Rivera turned himself in to law enforcement a couple weeks after the robbery, and the other two men were arrested three months later.