Judge handed out stiff sentences
Two men, who this week appeared before the Superior Court of Kern County in California, will spend life behind bars for their roles in an armed robbery and shooting which took place at an unlicensed Bakersfield internet casino in 2018.
The Kern County District Attorney’s (KCDA) office announced the “life in prison” sentences for Frankie Ramos and David Moore via a tweet on March 5:
Judge Charles R. Brehmer sentenced the two men on Wednesday.
According to a news release from the KCDA, Brehmer gave Ramos two 25-years-to-life prison sentences, including an extra 29-year, four-month sentence. Moore received two 25-years-to-life sentences plus a 25 year, four-month term.
Security guard took two bullets
The KCDA’s news release, as reported by The Bakersfield Californian, stated the crime took place on January 14, 2018. On that date, four men – Ramos, Moore, Eric Grijalva, and Anesia Ribeiro – conspired to rob an illegal internet casino on Baker Street in Bakersfield.
The four conspirators entered the casino, disarmed a security guard, stole money from gambling machines and a cashier box, and then fled the scene. As the four were fleeing, the security guard gave pursuit, firing his taser. The armed robbers returned fire. Although struck by two bullets, the security guard’s injuries were not life-threatening.
Pleading separately “to other charges stemming from the incident,” Grijalva received a sentence of 15 years in prison, while Ribeiro got six years. According to BakersfieldNow, Deputy DA Hunter E. Starr prosecuted the case.
Consequences for violent crime
Referring to the four men as gang members in the news release, Kern County DA Cynthia Zimmer said laws were in place to deliver maximum penalties to violent criminals in order to ensure they don’t endanger the community again.
life sentences in this case are a proper reflection of the serious criminal history of the offenders”
Zimmer added: “The life sentences in this case are a proper reflection of the serious criminal history of the offenders as well as the extremely violent actions of the crimes they committed.”
