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Man pulled gun after Burger King worker wouldn’t accept drugs for payment — then shot at people in parking lot: cops
By Isabel Keane,
5 hours ago
A Colorado man held a gun up to a Burger King drive-thru worker when they wouldn’t accept a baggie of drugs as payment — and was ordered to serve more than 143 years behind bars, officials said.
Eugene Robertson, 40, was sentenced Thursday for the drive-thru incident, which spurred a series of crimes Robertson carried out in the Denver suburb of Aurora on Oct. 17, 2022.
After pulling the gun on the fast food worker, who told police he was scared he was going to be killed after turning down the baggie of drugs, Robertson walked into a 7-Eleven across the street and pointed a gun at the head of the store clerk, the Sentinel Colorado reported.
Robertson then noticed a surveillance camera was in the store and shot at the screen before fleeing. As he ran out of the store, he shot at two people in the parking lot, the Arapahoe County District Attorney’s Office said.
Eugene Robertson was sentenced to 143 years after he held up a gun to a Burger King drive-thru employee when they wouldn’t accept a baggie of drugs as payment. AP
A witness at the convenience store told authorities there appeared to be “something off” about Robertson and that he was “talking about God” and carrying a Bible with a purple cover at the time of the incident.
Later that night, a woman who was friends with Robertson called 911 to report that he had fired shots after she refused to open the door of her apartment, where she was with several people, prosecutors said.
Police later found Robertson hiding behind some bushes at the woman’s apartment complex and took him into custody. No one was injured in the string of incidents.
After pulling a gun on the Burger King employee, Robertson went on to commit several other crimes in the area. Google Maps
A jury in April found Robertson guilty of 17 crimes, including eight counts of attempted murder. The terms were given separately, leading to his lengthy total sentence.
“We consider this 143-year sentence justice for the multiple victims he put in fear that night. Jurors recognized the severity of the crimes this defendant committed. We believe the judge imposed an appropriate sentence,” Eric Ross, a spokesperson for 18th Judicial District Attorney John Kellner, said Friday.
Robertson faced a maximum sentence of over 400 years when he was sentenced on Aug. 9.
With Post wires
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