A Jefferson City man has been sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to an amended charge in a December 2018 robbery case.
Jamel Sutton, 22, pleaded guilty to second-degree robbery during a hearing Tuesday before Cole County Judge Jon Beetem.
He had been charged with first-degree robbery.
According to a plea agreement between prosecutors and Sutton's attorney, David Wallis, Sutton will serve 120 days of shock detention in prison. If he is found to have no violations while in prison, he would be eligible to be released and serve five years of supervised probation. Should he fail to meet requirements while in prison or violate any conditions of his probation, he faces a possible 10-year prison sentence.
As part of the agreement, Sutton must not have any contact with the victim in this case nor can he have contact with anyone else who was charged in this case.
Sutton was one of four men charged.
In Janyarmy, Cortez Burton, 19, pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree robbery and was ordered to serve a 120-day shock detention sentence, which court records show he completed in April, and in May he was placed on five years of supervised probation.
Latrell Batts, 21, is charged with first-degree robbery, armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon. He is scheduled to appear in Beetem's court next week.
Andrew Dixson, 28, is charged with one count of first-degree robbery in this case. He is scheduled to appear in Beetem's court in mid-June.
The robbery occurred in the 1600 block of East Elm Street, according to a Jefferson City Police Department probable cause statement.
The victim told police he was walking to his home when a vehicle, driven by Sutton, stopped next to him. Dixson and Burton got out of the vehicle, hitting the man with a car door.
Burton went through the man's pockets while Dixson held a gun on him.
Dixson, Sutton and Burton fled the area, but they eventually were picked up by officers in the 300 block of Tanner Bridge Court, while Batts wasn't picked up by authorities until later.
The man earlier had identified the four as being involved in the robbery. Burton and Dixson denied any involvement, while Sutton admitted his role and gave a detailed account of the incident.
A witness saw Batts after the robbery and saw he was wet with sweat and had a pistol tucked in his waistband. A second witness saw Batts before the robbery and said they heard him planning to rob someone that night and saw him in possession of a pistol. When questioned, Batts denied partaking in the robbery.