Lexington man sentenced to 69 years in prison at On the Beat in the Bluegrass

Lexington man sentenced to 69 years in prison

Published

H-L Justice Team

on September 22, 2008

in U.S. District Court

. Tags: 69 years, Isaiah Robinson, robbing, Shell, three gas stations.

Herald-Leader staff report

A Lexington man was sentenced to 69 years in prison for robbing three Georgetown gas stations last year.

Isaiah Robinson

Isaiah Lamar Robinson, 21, was ordered to pay $19,000 in restitution to the victims of the robberies in a sentencing hearing in U.S. District Court in Lexington.

Robinson has admitted that he robbed the Shell gas station on East Main Street on Nov. 27; the Showalter Shell station on South Broadway on Dec. 17; and the Mary Lynn Drive Shell station on Dec. 25.

Robinson has also admitted he shot a clerk in the hand during the East Main Street robbery, and he shot a clerk in the leg at the Mary Lynn Drive station.

Robinson was assisted by four other Lexington men. They pleaded guilty in April and had already been sentenced.

2 Responses to “Lexington man sentenced to 69 years in prison”

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1 Adam Smythe
September 22, 2008 at 10:57 pm

Good job MIKE!!! And congratulations on your recognition… You deserve it!!
2 Bard Dempsey
September 23, 2008 at 12:32 am

Good Ridance…He should be shot where he shot the innocent workers at the gas station

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Ashlee Clark is the Richmond bureau reporter for the Herald-Leader. She has covered general assignments in Madison, Clark, Estill, Powell and Montgomery counties since she joined the newspaper in September 2007. Ashlee, a Louisville native, is a graduate of Western Kentucky University, where she received degrees in journalism and sociology.

Shawntaye Hopkins is the Herald-Leader’s police reporter, covering local law enforcement, fire and EMS and breaking news. She joined the staff in September 2006 as the newspaper’s night police reporter. Shawntaye, a Louisville native, graduated from Western Kentucky University where she studied journalism and criminology. Shawntaye resides in Lexington.

Delano Massey is the Herald-Leader’s Regional Editor. He works closely with the paper’s bureau reporters and police and courts reporters to plan coverage, pursue breaking news and seek out enterprise stories. A Northeast Ohio native, Delano started his journalism career as a night cops reporter at the Belleville News-Democrat. In 2003, he made the trek to Lexington to take the reins as the newspaper’s daytime cops reporter. Delano, a graduate of the University of Akron, has won numerous awards for breaking news, spot news and investigative journalism.

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