Rhode Island<\/a> state prison. In total, Snell was sentenced by Superior Court Justice Maureen B. Keough to eight years. But half of the sentence was suspended with probation.<\/strong><\/p>\nSnell must also pay $1,500 to the victim. Under the plea deal, he also will undergo substance abuse counseling and cannot have contact with the victim.<\/p>\n
He pleaded no contest to two charges in Providence Superior Court. These charges include the first-degree robbery of a person over 60 and assault on a person over 60 causing bodily injury.<\/p>\n
Knifepoint Robbery<\/h2>\n
In a similar crime during 2020, a 69-year-old casino player was tailed by a bandit while inside Lincoln\u2019s Twin River Casino. The robber followed the victim out to his car, which was left in a casino parking lot.<\/p>\n
He was robbed at knifepoint while getting into the vehicle, according to police. A suspect was arrested a short time later. He was identified as Anthony McClain, 30.<\/strong><\/p>\nThe victim\u2019s money, cell phone, and glasses were stolen during the holdup, police said.<\/p>\n
Police in this instance also used surveillance video to track and identify the suspect. It was not immediately known how the court case against McClain turned out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Two thieves — one of whom was wearing a SpongeBob tee shirt — robbed two men early Wednesday outside of Lincoln, R.I.\u2019s Twin River Casino. A gun was shown by one of the robbers, but the victims escaped injury. The would-be robbers first approached the victims in a parking lot after they exited their car […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":180607,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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