PANAMA CITY — One of a group of men who robbed a local Mexican restaurant on Christmas Eve was sentenced Monday to five years in prison, according to court records.
Jose Rios Robledo, 34, was sentenced to five years in prison for two separate armed robberies in December of 2012.
In one instance on Dec. 12, Robledo fired a handgun through a car window in the parking lot of Boost Mobile, 235 N. Tyndall Pkwy., and nearly struck the victim in the head before fleeing with her purse. On another occasion, Robledo and three other men at gunpoint forced an employee of Pepper’s Mexican Grill, 2061 N Cove Blvd., to reopen the business at about 12:30 a.m. on Christmas Eve, according to police reports.
The group of males took about $15,000 in cash, investigators reported. However, near both scenes, authorities discovered latex gloves with DNA inside from the perpetrators.
Robledo, of Panama City, was sentenced Monday to five years in prison with five years of probation to follow.