Two Killeen men pleaded guilty this week to committing unrelated robberies in the city last year.
In the 426th Judicial District Court on Tuesday, Omari Javion Green, 29, pleaded guilty to a first-degree felony charge of aggravated robbery after police said he used a firearm to rob an elderly drug store clerk last year.
Green was indicted by a Bell County grand jury on Aug. 19, 2020.
In an unrelated case that was heard in the 27th Judicial District Court on Monday, Anthony Patrick Bear May, 22, pleaded guilty to a second-degree felony charge of robbery after Killeen police said he beat a woman and took her money during an incident last year.
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A Killeen capital murder case dating back to 2014 could be further delayed if the defendant hires three new attorneys, who would be the fourth legal team to represent the man.
Marvin Louis Guy, 56, has been held in the Bell County Jail since being booked on May 10, 2014.
The three attorneys, Justin A. Moore, Joseph Caleb and Phil Andonian, appeared during a remote status hearing in the 27th Judicial District Court on Monday afternoon. Moore is the only Texas-based attorney, which means that Caleb and Andonian would have to obtain permission from the Texas State Bar to be âsecond chairsâ on a death penalty case.
A Killeen man was sentenced this week to prison time after police said he robbed two 7-Eleven stores in the city in 2017.
Adrian Torres, 24, pleaded guilty on Sept. 11, 2018, to two first-degree felony charges of aggravated robbery. A third felony charge, for harassment of a public servant, was dismissed as part of the plea arrangement, according to discussions in the 426th Judicial District Court on Tuesday.
Judge Steve Duskie followed a plea bargain that called for a maximum of 15 years in prison. Torres will get credit for time served and his two 10-year sentences will run concurrently.
He has been in custody with bonds totaling $502,000, since Aug. 20, 2018, jail records showed.
A Killeen man pleaded guilty earlier this week to a felony charge after police said he punched an elderly woman during a domestic incident in Harker Heights in 2019.
On Wednesday, Andre Devonte Flowers, 27, pleaded guilty to injury to an elderly person with intentional bodily injury, a third-degree felony. A sentencing hearing will be held after the completion of a presentence investigation report, according to remote court proceedings in the 27th Judicial District Court.
No plea bargain has been reached in the case, which means that Judge John Gauntt can sentence Flowers to anywhere between two to 10 years in prison.
Flowers was being held in the Bell County Jail on Wednesday in lieu of a bond of $75,000.