Robbery Suspects Sentenced

December 7, 2016

State Attorney Bill Eddins announced the sentences imposed by Circuit Court Judge Thomas  Dannheisser for two local robberies after a lengthy sentencing hearing held Monday, December 5.

D’Andre Jones, 20 years old on the date of sentencing, was sentenced to 15 years in state prison to be followed by 20 years of probation for carrying out the two robberies.

On October 18, 2015, Jones entered the Circle K located at 3013 E. Cervantes Street at 4:45 a.m. wearing a mask and armed with a sledgehammer. He was accompanied by 18-year-old Ian Garland, also masked. He ordered the clerk, who was working alone that morning, to open the cash registers. He emptied one register of its contents while Ian Garland emptied the other register. Jones also helped himself to some cigarettes. Garland grabbed $250 worth of scratch off lottery tickets.

Then, on January 30th, 2016, Jones again entered the same Circle K at 1:08 a.m. He was masked and he wielded an 18 inch craftsman wrench as a weapon. This time he was accompanied by Ian Garland and 18-year-old Brendan McClendon.

Each robber focused on a separate victim inside the store. Jones attempted to grab the purse of a customer and found himself in a fight as the customer decided to fight back by throwing her recently purchased 44 ounce cup of Diet Mountain Dew from the soda fountain on him and then engaging him through the use of her martial arts training. She kept control of his weapon hand and fought with him while the other two robbers focused on the store clerks.

Brendan McClendon confronted one clerk and grabbed all the money from the first cash register. Ian Garland confronted the other clerk and grabbed all the money from the second cash register. The customer resisting Jones released her grasp and surrendered her purse when the other robbers yelled they were leaving.

Three hours later, Brendan McClendon attempted to rob the Circle K on Quintette Road in Santa Rosa County without success. Shortly thereafter, the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office pulled over the black pickup truck the defendants were riding in and placed the three under arrest.

Judge Dannheisser sentenced both Ian Garland and Brendan McClendon to 10 years in state prison to be followed by 20 years of probation each.

Ian Garland and Brendan McClendon face punishment in Santa Rosa County for the attempted robbery of the Circle K on Quintette Road as well as a home burglary. Garland and McClendon will be sentenced in Santa Rosa County on December 16, 2016.

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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under News