A man who participated in a string of takeover-style robberies at stores in Oceanside and Vista was sentenced Thursday to 19 years in state prison.
Jaliel Raeshad Thomas, 22, pleaded guilty to robbery and firearm allegations in connection with the holdups.
Shamaria Gentry, a 22-year-old woman who pleaded guilty to being an accomplice after the fact and receiving stolen property, was sentenced today to 180 days in jail.
The takeover-style heists happened last year at the GameStop on Vista Way in Oceanside on Aug. 5; a GameStop store in Vista and the Oceanside Pharmacy on Vista Way in July; and a beauty supply store in Vista in March 2015.
During the robberies, the suspects tied up the victims and moved them from room to room while pointing guns at them, police said.
Co-defendant Timothy Michael Williamson, 21, pleaded guilty to multiple counts of robbery and firearm allegations and was sentenced earlier to 13 years in prison.
A fourth person, 22-year-old John Gabriel Gonzalez, pleaded guilty to six counts of robbery and was sentenced in March to three years in prison.
–City News Service
