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Robbery in sentence

214 examples of Robbery in a sentence

And he asked for the mandatory minimum sentence for armed robbery.
The mandatory minimum sentence for armed robbery is five years.
This is a photograph of Adi, a Nigerian bank manager who had his face shot off in an armed robbery.
We had heard this story about lost gold from a Gold Rush-era robbery, and we wanted to go up there.
And one of them said, "We had a robbery two weeks ago.
So today's top chef class is in how to rob a bank, and it's clear that the general public needs guidance, because the average bank robbery nets only 7,500 dollars.
There had been a robbery in the area and they were looking for suspects.
But he had two prior armed robbery convictions.
Ta-Nehisi Coates argues that, "The defining feature of being drafted into the Black race is the inescapable robbery of time."
And then one day I was talking to somebody and he was telling me about this robbery that we could do.
At 17 years old, I was arrested for robbery and murder and I soon learned that finances in prison rule more than they did on the streets, so I wanted in.
Twelve days before my 20th birthday, I was arrested for my role in a violent robbery attempt in lower Manhattan.
He got arrested for armed robbery.
It's one I suffered a chronic case of, so much so that I spent 24 years of a life sentence in prison for kidnapping, robbery, and attempted murder.
He ended up serving 18 and a half years of an 80 year sentence for rape and robbery.
Timothy Durham, who I photographed at his alibi location where 11 witnesses placed him at the time of the crime, was convicted of 3.5 years of a 3220 year sentence, for several charges of rape and robbery.
He was convicted of rape, kidnapping and robbery, and served seven years of a 47 year sentence.
And because it's online, she has security against robbery, and I think more importantly, she has a new sense of worth.
Cahill had a rough upbringing in a slum area and graduated from petty crime to armed robbery with honours.
But, since the shot was snapped during a robbery, it makes Mr. Hall look like the prime suspect.
The "plot" revolves around the Youngers newly released on parole attempting to go straight but being pursued by a vengeful ex-Pinkerton man (a scenery chewing Fred Clark) and a femme fatale determined to involve them in her bank robbery schemes whether they want to or not.
I think the most laughable bits are when Carrey's in the elevator singing "I Believe I Can Fly" and the bit when he ties up someone in a robbery, and is speaking with a voice changer (he sounds like a crap robot).
Coltrane and Idle are members of a bank robbery gang who double cross their leader during a robbery.
Even the jewellery from the robbery looks like the cheapest junk costume jewellery available.
Autism, arson, robbery, lost love, a bag of money, cut throats, murder, blood, a snub nosed revolver, clenched teeth groaning, boobs (various definitions can be used), large flashlights, tribal people, a brother duo attempting to out-portray "dumb and dumber," white wolves, fight scenes that resemble "happy slapping," snow mobile(s), a large tracked vehicle, and a motel under renovation?
BUT this guy Henry Young who Murder in the First is suppose to be about was a a known bank robber who took hostages and beat them up in more then one robbery.
Maybe he is hanging out with that CB Cooper guy who jumped out that airplane in Washington state after committing a bank robbery lol.
They got 45 minutes to stash the money and stage a robbery nobody in there right mind would hesitate to shoot Mr "do goody" and in this case he is a guy they known for a few days....
Both films are about a failed racing driver who's seduced by a femme fatale into driving the getaway car in a robbery masterminded by the woman's boyfriend -- only in "The Killers" the driver was John Cassavetes, the woman was Angie Dickinson and the criminal mastermind (cast wildly but successfully against type in what turned out to be his final film) was Ronald Reagan.
The idea of the robbery gone awry had potential, but Keegan floundering around after being shot, all the way to his studio to fall ontop of a painting of Chabert (which looks nothing like her) is the most cringe-worthy scene.
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