Frederick Lopez Jr., 28, was sentenced to 10 years in prison after being convicted of stealing four GameStop stores in a gunfight in 2018.
The news was announced today at a press release from the US Attorney's Office (with Polygon), and alleges Lopez's arrest comes after a joint investigation by the local police department with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Firearms.
He pleaded guilty last year to one count of "one count of interfering with a robbery and a firearm count for perpetrating a crime and violence", and in addition to a prison sentence ordered to "pay $ 132,300 in restitution."
He would enter stores at night, brandish a firearm and “order GameStop employees to load game consoles and video games in a shopping bag.” Beyond the four robberies – Lynwood, Rowland Heights, West Covina and Brea, California – stole "131,000 in sales and sales." – $ 1,300 in cash ”
Money and sales – of course there were too much filing a fine of up to $ 130,000 — that's one thing, but the length of the death sentence was more closely related to the damage caused by GameStop employees than it did to the amount of stolen goods.
"Much of the seriousness of (Lopez's) criminal actions can never be exploited," prosecutors wrote in the letter. "The robbery is armed like these, where guns are a victim, leaving a lot of pressure and pain that victims remember for years, some for the rest of their lives."
