Posted in Felonies on December 8, 2014
Joseph M. White, 21, has pleaded guilty in Clark County Superior Court to three counts of first-degree robbery, one count of third-degree assault and one count of residential burglary. The Vancouver man was sentenced to over 11 years in prison for participating in three armed robberies last January.
White robbed a Star Mart convenience store in the Ogden neighborhood on January 11, and on January 25 he robbed a pedestrian in Rose Village and a 7-Eleven convenience store in Bagley Downs. Two other men were with White during the Star Mart robbery. They entered the store at around 3:50 a.m. and White, armed with a .22 caliber pistol, jumped on the counter and pointed the gun at the cashier, demanding money. A court affidavit says he fired a round into the front window of the store.
Two weeks later a man was robbed by four men while walking near East 30th and V streets at about 3:41 a.m. The suspects got out of a car and demanded the pedestrian’s wallet and money. One of them stood behind the victim and fired a handgun into the air. It has been reported that there may have been a fifth person driving the car. At about 4:57 a.m. of the same morning White was one of four unidentified males in the 7-Eleven on N.E. Fourth Plain Boulevard during an armed robbery. He fired one round into the floor behind the counter while another robber took cash from the register, according to police.
Source: The Columbian, “Man sentenced to 11 years in robberies,” Paris Achen, November 27, 2014.
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