BRANSON MO NEWS: Crime 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 yesterday.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 September 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 January 5, 2016, by stealing a truck in Branson, Mo. The truck, which had been left running by the owner, contained a double barrel rifle.The next day, a witness reported Colina for a possible burglary at a residence in Branson. When law enforcement arrived, Colina attempted to flee the scene in the stolen truck; however, he rammed the reporting witness’s vehicle during his flight, while the witness was inside the vehicle, and then fled on foot.Colina then found his way to an apartment complex where he forced his way into an apartment at gunpoint. The 63-year-old resident of the apartment, identified in court documents as E.R., was home alone with her 2-year-old granddaughter. Colina knocked at the door of E.R.’s apartment at about 1:30 p.m. When she opened the door, Colina – wearing a black mask and holding a rifle – pushed the rifle in her face. She grabbed the barrel but he pushed his way into her apartment. Colina struck her on the side of the face and head butted her, causing her to fall to the …
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