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Man convicted for armed robbery,sentenced to 13yrs **UPDATE on page 2**
Posted on 4/16/14 at 4:45 pm
Posted on 4/16/14 at 4:45 pm
Catch is, they never told him where to report to, and now, 14 yrs later, he's taken into custody.
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Anderson had just one arrest for marijuana possession on his record when he and a cousin robbed an assistant manager for a St. Charles Burger King restaurant on Aug. 15, 1999. The men, wearing masks, showed a gun (it turned out to be a BB gun) and demanded money that was about to be placed in a deposit box.
The worker gave up the bag of cash, and the masked men drove away. The worker turned in the car's license plate number.
Anderson was convicted and sentenced to 13 years in prison and waited for word on what to do next.
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After he was convicted of armed robbery in 2000, Cornealious Anderson was sentenced to 13 years behind bars and told to await instructions on when and where to report to prison. But those instructions never came.
So Anderson didn't report. He spent the next 13 years turning his life around — getting married, raising three kids, learning a trade. He made no effort to conceal his identity or whereabouts. Anderson paid taxes and traffic tickets, renewed his driver's license and registered his businesses.
Not until last year did the Missouri Department of Corrections discover the clerical error that kept him free. Now he's fighting for release, saying authorities missed their chance to incarcerate him.
In a single day last July, Anderson's life was turned upside-down.
"They sent a SWAT team to his house," Anderson's attorney, Patrick Megaro, said Wednesday. "He was getting his 3-year-old daughter breakfast, and these men with automatic weapons bang on his door."
Anderson, 37, was taken to Southeast Correctional Center in Charleston, Mo., to begin serving the sentence. A court appeal filed in February asks for him to be freed.
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Posted on 4/16/14 at 4:54 pm to Alahunter
This is effed up.
I think the dude should be free if he truly has his life turned around. Just give him some sort of probation instead of jail time.
I think the dude should be free if he truly has his life turned around. Just give him some sort of probation instead of jail time.
Posted on 4/16/14 at 4:54 pm to Alahunter
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Not until last year did the Missouri Department of Corrections discover the clerical error that kept him free. Now he's fighting for release, saying authorities missed their chance to incarcerate him.
I agree with him.
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In a single day last July, Anderson's life was turned upside-down.
"They sent a SWAT team to his house," Anderson's attorney, Patrick Megaro, said Wednesday. "He was getting his 3-year-old daughter breakfast, and these men with automatic weapons bang on his door."
frick that shite
Posted on 4/16/14 at 4:55 pm to Alahunter
Free the man.
Posted on 4/16/14 at 4:56 pm to Greenfloridan
I think there is a happy medium between jail time and complete freedom. Perhaps some weekend sentences so he can keep his job, definitely probation, lots of community service, the whole nine yards.
Posted on 4/16/14 at 4:57 pm to CheeseburgerEddie
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I think there is a happy medium between jail time and complete freedom. Perhaps some weekend sentences so he can keep his job, definitely probation, lots of community service, the whole nine yards.
This.
Armed robbery isn't a joking matter
Posted on 4/16/14 at 4:57 pm to Alahunter
Read this earlier, seems like on the surface he might be a good candidate for a pardon.
The SWAT response was idiotic given the man had followed the letter of the law.
The SWAT response was idiotic given the man had followed the letter of the law.
Posted on 4/16/14 at 4:59 pm to Alahunter
I guess there is no statute of limitations when it comes to serving a sentence.
Posted on 4/16/14 at 5:02 pm to CheeseburgerEddie
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I think there is a happy medium between jail time and complete freedom. Perhaps some weekend sentences so he can keep his job, definitely probation, lots of community service, the whole nine yards.
Yea I agree, that's what I meant by some sort of probation. It should be pretty harsh probation, because of his crime but I don't think he should be in full time prison for 13 years.
Posted on 4/17/14 at 7:03 am to CheeseburgerEddie
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I think there is a happy medium between jail time and complete freedom. Perhaps some weekend sentences so he can keep his job, definitely probation, lots of community service, the whole nine yards.
Completely agree.
Posted on 4/17/14 at 7:08 am to Rebelgator
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Armed robbery isn't a joking matter
No where in turning his life around did he think to check on the instructions himself? Hard to believe that he thought it would just go away.
As for the rest of the way the story played out, it is f'd up no doubt.
Posted on 4/17/14 at 7:43 am to Alahunter
He turned his life around? Good - he'll have something to motivate him for early parole.
Lock him up.
Lock him up.
Posted on 4/17/14 at 8:18 am to Alahunter
Part of me is like lock up just based on his crime because I hate those that steal. The other part is against locking him up because it was the states error so the citizen shouldn't have to pay for the state fricking up. Probation seems like it would be fine in this case.
Posted on 4/17/14 at 10:31 am to heartbreakTiger
He participated in armed robbery and had a previous criminal record. Lock him up there are consequences for your actions even if they might be delayed.
Posted on 4/17/14 at 11:16 am to JB Bama
Lol armed robbery
Lock his arse up.
Lock his arse up.
Posted on 4/17/14 at 11:29 am to FourThreeForty
If he didn't serve his time by refusing to contact the state, then lock his arse up. He commited a crime and had zero consequences for it.
Posted on 4/17/14 at 12:01 pm to Alahunter
The dude effed up by not being a wall street banker and stealing billions. Then he could have just payed a fine
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Posted on 4/17/14 at 12:07 pm to heartbreakTiger
So the man rehabilitates himself and is a productive member of society with a family. So the prudent thing to do is tear a family apart and punish a man after turning his life around? Common sense is painfully lacking in this country.
Posted on 4/17/14 at 12:10 pm to MIZ_COU
Um let's not make this situation worse.
Probation/community service
Let the guy raise his kids.
The state fricked up.
Probation/community service
Let the guy raise his kids.
The state fricked up.
Posted on 4/17/14 at 12:10 pm to Duke
IMO the dude should have setup shop in another country once he realized the state messed up.
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