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17 year-old gets 12 years for armed robberies
An Independence Boulevard teenager was handed a 12-year jail term yesterday, after he pleaded guilty to five counts of robbery under-arms before Magistrate Alex Moore in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.
JAILED: Anfernee Archer
Anfernee Archer, 17, of Lot 185 Punt Trench Dam, Independence Boulevard, admitted that on August 25, at West Ruimveldt, Georgetown, he robbed Dimitrios Howard, Kimberly Moore, Jameila Messiah, Kimberly Billy and Jermaine Kirk, while armed with a gun.
Archer carted off a quantity of items totaling $175,000. The court heard that he stole a wedding band, several cell phones, cash, bank cards and documents including an Identification (ID) card.
Magistrate Moore sentenced Archer to two years imprisonment on each charge –a total of 10 years. However, a two-year suspended sentence was activated against Archer bringing the total jail term to 12 years.
Archer was placed on a suspended sentence by Magistrate Faith McGusty after he was found guilty of an offence of similar nature last year.
The prison terms for the offences Archer pleaded guilty to, will run concurrently. The two years suspended was added on, meaning that the convict will only spend four years in jail.
An unrepresented Archer was initially remanded to prison after he pleaded not guilty to the charges on his first court appearance before Magistrate Ann McLennan.
Thereafter, the matter was transferred to Magistrate Moore, who granted him bail in the sum of $20,000 on each charge.
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