A Cuyahoga County man involved in a string of armed robberies was sentenced back to prison Tuesday after being paroled.
CLEVELAND , Ohio - A Cuyahoga County man involved in a string of armed robberies was sentenced back to prison Tuesday after being paroled. Lawrence Sturdivant , 36, of Garfield Heights was sentenced to 29 years in prison after pleading guilty to the following charges: felon in possession of ammunition; prior convictions include burglary and attempted burglary in 2010; and aggravated robbery in 2014 Court documents and information presented in court outlined how, in a three-week period during December 2021, Sturdivant terrorized employees and customers at 10 Cleveland -area stores when he committed robberies at gunpoint.
According to a press release from the Justice Department, Sturdivant would wander through aisles and bring a small item to the cash register before demanding that the cashier open the cashbox while holding the cashier at gunpoint.
“Mr. Sturdivant’s violent actions inflicted a level of trauma on the employees and customers of these stores that was devastating and life altering,” U.S. Attorney David M. Toepfer for the Northern District of Ohio said. “We are thankful to the ATF and our local police departments for piecing together the evidence in these robberies and bringing this individual to justice. Our community is safer now that this serial criminal will spend decades behind bars.
” The Justice Department said investigators discovered Sturdivant’s attempts to hide evidence of his crimes by cleaning his car, parking away from where he was staying and reporting his car stolen to Cleveland police. Investigations in the case were conducted jointly by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Cleveland Division of Police Real Time Center, the Shaker Heights Police Department and the Ohio Adult Parole Authority.
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