Crime Spree in Branson Lands Man in Prison for 20 Years
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BRANSON NEWS: Copyright 2018 Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. A man from Oklahoma man who went on a crime spree in Branson and Springfield in early January, 2016 is sentenced to 20 years in federal prison without parole. Alberto Colina, Jr. of Muskogee was found guilty of a carjacking in Branson, then later forcing his way into an apartment and terrorizing a grandmother and her granddaughter.He later fled to Springfield, where he stole another vehicle. He was eventually apprehended after breaking into a church. According to the United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, Colina had six prior felony convictions. He pleaded guilty in a separate state case in Taney County to robbery, two counts of armed criminal action and assault. Colina awaits sentencing on those convictions.Read the US Attorney Western District’s news release about Colina:FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFriday, May 18, 2018Oklahoma Man Sentenced to 20 Years for Illegal FirearmsCrime Spree Included Carjacking, Terrorizing Victims at GunpointSPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A man whose crime spree began with a carjacking in Branson, Mo., and included terrorizing a grandmother and granddaughter at gunpoint in her apartment before he was tasered and arrested inside a Springfield, Mo., church, was sentenced in federal court today.Alberto Colina, Jr., 35, of Muskogee, Oklahoma, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Roseann Ketchmark to 20 years in federal prison without parole, the statutory maximum penalty. The court also ordered Colina to pay $2,500 in victim restitution.On Sept. 21, 2017, Colina pleaded guilty to one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm and one count of stealing a firearm. According to court documents, Colina started his crime spree on Jan. 5, 2016, by stealing a truck in Branson, Mo. The truck, which had been left running by the owner, contained a double barrel …
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