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Teen Gets Prison For Robbery Outside Walmart
July 19, 2012
An Escambia County teen has been sentenced to state prison for two robberies, including one outside of a Walmart.
Damarius Dewayne Jordan was sentenced by Judge Frank Bell to 20 years state prison, followed by two years community control, to be followed by 10 years probation.
On June 14, Jordan pleaded no contest to burglary of a conveyance while armed with a dangerous weapon and robbery with a weapon. Jordan was 15 years old on the date of the offenses and 16 on the date of sentencing. According to the State Attorney’s Office, he demonstrated an escalating pattern of criminal behavior and had just been released from Department of Juvenile Justice commitment only one and a half months before these offenses.
Jordan, together with his two co-defendants, attempted to rob a Walmart customer as she waited in her car for her friend to exit the store. The defendants were interrupted by another patron attempting to park and fled the parking lot.
They ran a short distance to a residential area and robbed a man getting out of his car. They also made the man get in the trunk of his car and proceeded to beat him. In both cases, Jordan was armed with a handheld pellet gun that looks like a real firearm without an orange tip.
Co-defendant Tracy Newell was previously sentenced as a youthful offender to six years in a state prison with a boot camp recommendation. He had no prior record or arrests and was 16 years old on the date of offense.
Co-defendant Luther Harris is set for sentencing on August 21. He was 18 on the day of the robberies.
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20 Responses to “Teen Gets Prison For Robbery Outside Walmart”
REGARDING:
“y’all don’t know how it feels to lose a loved one”
Sure we do.
Most of us have lost loved ones.
Not all that many of us have lost them because they were in the process of armed robbery and preparation for murder after an escalating pattern of criminal activity, though.
David for avoiding the avoidable
i understand how yall feel ^ but i know and grew up with these people thats my couisn doing 20 years yall dont know how feels 2 lose a love one
KUDOS TO JUDGE BELL…..JOB WELL DONE!
David… I couldn’t agree more. After that last good village was created in the ’70s, “they” broke the mold.
Another reason for a death in a crime. Now tax dollars will house this useless individual for the next 20 year, and someone will have to watch him for another 10. Being 16 now, he will be nearly 40 (more likely 30) when he is let out of prision….totally useless to society, living off the state and returning to crime. to survive. When we the governemtn learn to cut its loss. There is no return on the investment on individual like this.
CONSIDERING:
“maybe Hillary Clinton was right when she said “it takes a village to raise a child”. ”
I love Hillary Clinton like a mother, but what if the village isn’t interested in raising the child? I’m not saying they shouldn’t, but that so many villagers jump on you and tell you it’s none of your business what the kid is doing even if he is playing in the street with other children racing up and down with their new learner’s permits. Different groups assume some bias on the part of law enforcement if there’s not an even percentage of people arrested from all ethno/economic groups. It’s like their brains have shut down.
Further, you have geniuses who will proclaim as if it came from the mouth of God that assorted disciplines are damaging to his ego and that he can’t be expected to act maturely until he is at least 24 because his brain isn’t fully developed yet.
Contrast those statements with the children you’ve known who acted decently since they were ten years old but the villagers disagree they exist because they’ve never seen a decent acting child.
David for better villages
This is a great day for people who work hard and try to live an honest life. We shouldn’t have to put up with this type of behavior and I celebrate everytime another thug bites the dust. Our area is riddled with so many young people who have lost their way. We can blame it on parenting all we want, but that’s just the beginning. When I was this kids age, I got disciplined and corrected by my relatives, neighbors, the manager at the corner store, teachers, sports coaches, and anyone else who saw me slipping – that was in the early ’70s. Today, you can’t say anything to a child that’s not your own without being subjected to the angst of the child’s parents, relatives, or even local authorities. I hate to say it, but maybe Hillary Clinton was right when she said “it takes a village to raise a child”. I thank God to this day for the butt chewings and spankings I got over the years and feel grateful (although a little embarassed now that I’m older) for the various adults who took the time to keep me in line.
I would totally knuckle bump Judge Bell. WhooHoo!
KUDOS TO JUDGE BELL!!!!
It doesnt matter how young he is.He made a stupid mistake now he has to deal with it.I have been to prison twice and wish that only on sex offenders.But Pensacola is getting bad.These punk kids think they can run around town hurting and stealing from people.I knew Jacob Gaulden and dont feel sorry for him neither.People need to grow up.
That was MY SON they robbed, and already had him in the trunk of HIS OWN car and had began to tie his hands up when the police office came around to corner to work the attempted robbery at Walmart . NOW YOU TELL ME just what would they have done to MY SON had the cop not shown up at the right time. Maybe took him off and killed him somehow, maybe beat him to death since the gun was only a pellet gun, can’t leave a witness to tell on them, just what would they have done? I don’t care how long these punks spend in prison it is not long enough for me, the fear I felt trying to get to MY ONLY CHILD and how quick they could have taken his life. I raised my child to work for what he gets, not go rob and steal from others. They deserve every day they get sentenced for, they will never be useful to this society.
A thug is a thug is a thug. Not excessive but not enough
mickey Powell
Flomaton
Smite wrote —— 20 years?!?! Really? Thats seems excessive to me but maybe I feel like that because that kid could have been MY son.
The “10-20-Life” law clearly states, use a gun while comitting a crime its 10 years. Someone gets hurt while you are committing that crime its 20 years. If someone dies while you are committing that crime and you get the “life setence”.
I dont see an issue with the sentencing. Judge Bell just enforced the law as it was written.
“20 years?!?! Really? Thats seems excessive”
True. Why that will keep him from pointing a gun at an innocent victim and threatening to kill, eventually killing for the contents of their pockets until 2032.
AND
“that because that kid could have been MY son.”
Considering “.he demonstrated an escalating pattern of criminal behavior and had just been released from Department of Juvenile Justice commitment only one and a half months before these offenses”
Did you raise your son that way too? We hope not.
If you mean your son looks like that, it’s not what’s on the outside that counts, it’s what’s inside.
David for fewer victims
and better parenting
20 years?!?! Really? Thats seems excessive to me but maybe I feel like that because that kid could have been MY son. Lets see what Jacob Thomas Gaulden gets for his sentence. BTW, he KILLED someone while drinking and driving and gets for his sentence on Friday.
Pensacola Ed read the article. He was sentenced to 20 years followed with 2 years community service. Judge Bell you really need to come back from retirement and reclaim your permant spot back on the bench. Thank you for your service.
That’s great Judge Bell , now line the rest up with him. @ Pensacola Ed…..that’s 20 years not 2…….should make you feel a little better!!
He is lucky he was not shot dead by his victim. It would be interesting to watch Mr Jordan’s face change from angry agressor to something else.
I wonder what his resume will look like in 30 years?
This punk needs to try robbing somebody packing a real gun, and see how it feels when the tables are turned. What ever happened to 10-20-LIFE? This piece of garbage should be facing serious time, not two years “community control” – what good is that? Now for the next two years, he can only rob those people that live or work near where he stays?
Well done Judge Bell!