How to Use armed robbery in a Sentence

armed robbery

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  • Rod, too, had problems on the streets and was charged with armed robbery at 15.
    Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 8 Dec. 2023
  • He was sentenced to life in prison for armed robbery with a firearm and assault with a firearm.
    Ray Sanchez, CNN, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Since then, he’s also been convicted of theft and armed robbery in the U.S.
    Bradford Betz, Fox News, 7 Dec. 2023
  • Suspects in an armed robbery got their vehicle stolen in the middle of the heist.
    Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Woods was on probation for armed robbery at the time of his arrest.
    Kim Bellware, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2023
  • He was also charged with armed robbery for stealing a phone from Rosado’s home the night of the murders.
    David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 15 May 2024
  • Simpson served nine years in a Nevada prison for armed robbery.
    Jocelyn Noveck, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Just over a year before Renteria-Hobbs’ killing, Cole was sentenced in an armed robbery.
    Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Two Lake Station men are facing an armed robbery charge for taking $50 off a customer in a drug deal.
    Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 30 June 2023
  • Thomas was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of armed robbery and one count of burglary.
    Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 9 May 2024
  • Boyce faces charges including one count of armed robbery and one count of being a felon in possession of a handgun.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 26 June 2023
  • He’d been wrongfully convicted of armed robbery and sentenced to life in prison in 2004.
    Char Adams, NBC News, 19 Oct. 2023
  • The officers had responded to a report of an armed robbery at a gas station.
    Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 28 July 2023
  • In a separate case the next year, a 15-year-old boy was charged with armed robbery in connection with the theft of two French bulldogs at gunpoint just east of downtown.
    Dennis Romero, NBC News, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Don Cheadle is the latest actor to sign on to the drama, which tracks an armed robbery (and its fallout) on the night of Muhammad Ali’s 1970 comeback fight in Atlanta.
    Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Phelps was arrested Wednesday on charges of felony murder, armed robbery and abandonment of a body, jail records show.
    Henri Hollis, ajc, 15 Sep. 2023
  • More than a decade later, in 2008, Simpson was convicted and sentenced to prison for felony armed robbery and kidnapping.
    Sean Neumann, Peoplemag, 16 Apr. 2024
  • Moss has a hearing scheduled next month on armed robbery charges in Carroll County, according to court records.
    Dillon Mullan, Baltimore Sun, 24 May 2024
  • Milwaukee police said the 16-year-old was one of two people attempting an armed robbery.
    Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Several episodes later, Andy Jr. dies trying to stop an armed robbery.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2023
  • On Friday, an arrest was made on a charge of armed robbery, police said, and the case is still being investigated.
    Martin Weil, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2024
  • Addison was halfway through a 20-year sentence for armed robbery.
    Anat Rubin, ProPublica, 4 Nov. 2023
  • The youth was initially charged with armed robbery and carrying a pistol without a license.
    Keith L. Alexander, Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2023
  • While the armed robbery would fall within policy, Burmeister said, a chase six days later means officers don’t know who is behind the wheel.
    Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Ruff was working as a landscaper, four years removed from serving five years in prison for a 2011 armed robbery conviction.
    Robert Klemko, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Dufault, who had a lengthy record that included armed robbery, was wanted for felony assault and kidnapping.
    Amanda Milkovits, BostonGlobe.com, 26 May 2023
  • He was also sentenced to 35 years for armed robbery, to be served concurrently with his life sentence for first-degree murder.
    Elena Santa Cruz, The Arizona Republic, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Bivens initially was charged with two counts first-degree murder, armed robbery, and attempt to commit armed robbery.
    Elena Santa Cruz, The Arizona Republic, 27 June 2023
  • He was charged with vehicular carjacking with a firearm as well as armed robbery and kidnapping, police said in the statement.
    Samira Asma-Sadeque, Peoplemag, 29 Mar. 2024
  • He was arrested three days later and charged with 12 felony counts, including kidnapping and armed robbery.
    Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 11 Apr. 2024

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