Man who pulled gun after Burger King employee would not take medicine for cost will get 143 years in jail

DENVER (AP) — A person who was convicted of pointing a gun at Burger King drive-thru employee who wouldn’t settle for medicine for cost and later capturing at different individuals elsewhere the identical evening has been sentenced to 143 years in jail.

Prosecutors who introduced the sentence Thursday stated the drive-thru incident was the start of a collection of crimes Eugene Robertson carried out within the Denver suburb of Aurora on Oct. 17, 2022. Nobody was wounded.

In April, a jury discovered Robertson responsible of 17 crimes, together with eight counts of tried homicide. The sentences for most of the crimes had been stacked on prime of one another, resulting in an extended sentence. Robertson, 40, had confronted a most sentence of greater than 400 years when he was sentenced Aug. 9.

“We contemplate this 143-year sentence justice for the a number of victims he put in worry that evening. Jurors acknowledged the severity of the crimes this defendant dedicated. We consider the decide imposed an applicable sentence,” Eric Ross, a spokesperson for 18th Judicial District Legal professional John Kellner, stated Friday.

After Robertson pointed the gun on the drive-thru employee, prosecutors stated he walked right into a comfort retailer throughout the road and pointed a gun on the head of a clerk. When Robertson noticed there was a surveillance video digital camera system there, he shot on the display and left, then shot towards two individuals exterior within the car parking zone, Kellner’s workplace stated.

The Sentinel Colorado in Aurora beforehand reported {that a} witness on the comfort retailer retailer informed police there appeared to be “one thing off” about Robertson and that he was “speaking about God” and carrying a Bible with a purple cowl.

Later that evening, a lady who was associates with Robertson referred to as 911 to report that he had fired photographs after she refused to open the door of her house, the place she was with a number of individuals, prosecutors stated.

Police noticed Robertson on the girl’s house complicated. He hid behind some bushes earlier than being arrested, prosecutors stated.