Marine gets 8 years for $10 Richmond robberies
A U.S. Marine corporal will spend eight years in prison for his role in two robberies that netted $10.
Richmond Circuit Judge Richard D. Taylor Jr. yesterday sentenced Steven Lee Reyes of California to an active sentence of eight years for two counts each of robbery and use of a firearm in a robbery.
Reyes and fellow Marine Cpl. Kraig Andrew Kiepprien of New York came to Richmond from Norfolk on Jan. 18 for a night on the town, authorities said.
About 5 the next morning, they got into Reyes' car and robbed two men in South Richmond, making off with $10 and a wallet with an ID card, authorities said.
Reyes robbed a man who was warming up his car outside his home in the 1100 block of East 16th Street, authorities said. After that, Kiepprien pulled a gun and took another man's wallet.
The Marines were found asleep in the car at a rest stop in New Kent County at 7 a.m. with the wallet and a gun in their possession, authorities said.
Kiepprien was ordered to serve six years for one count each of robbery and use of a firearm in a robbery.
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MeToo-
There you go again; loud and wrong.
WTF!!!!!!!! LOL What is this world coming to?
With that being said; I was talking about the crime that was committed and the people who committed the crime.
LOL…...
Your so smart, but I guess that’s what happens when your reading through the lines of what someone else is saying.
There goes Tomeka, forgiving yet another criminal… and using an acronym for cursing in her post. Shocker.
As for the crime… I just hope the guy feels like a moron, all that for only $10, is is really worth losing 8 years of your life??
$10 DOES constitute a felony robbery whether it is a strong arm or gun related!
Grand larceny normally requires someone taking more than $200, but if you take it from a person (as in the case of a robbery) it only has to be $5. However, the defendant in this case wasn’t charged with larceny, he was charged with robbery. Robbery is a felony regardless of the amount of money taken.
Also, a conviction for using a firearm in the commission of a felony carries a mandatory minimum sentence in Virginia. For a first offense, the penalty is 3 years; second or subsequent offenses have a five-year mandatory term. The defendant in this case was convicted of two counts of use of a firearm, so no judge could get around sentencing him to at least eight years.
A misleading headline.. What a surprise…
WTF!!!!!!!! LOL What is this world coming to?
The headline is misleading. He got 8 years for armed robbery, not for a $10 larceny. The $10 is all the cash that was in the wallet he stole at gunpoint.
Whoops, just read more closely and saw they were found with a gun. Rather a sad case, don’t you think? What were they thinking of?
I’m assuming they used a gun in the commission of the crime because surely $10 doesn’t constitute a felony.
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