Oregon Man Sentenced to over 17 Years in Prison for Armored Car Courier Attacks
Anthony White attempted another robbery on a different armored car courier in Eugene, where he was ultimately shot and paralyzed from the waist down.
(SALEM, Ore. ) — On Monday, before the Honorable Dale W. Penn, 29-year-old Anthony Samuel White, was sentenced for the robbery of an armored car courier after previously changing his plea on September 19.
In addition to Robbery in the Second Degree, White also pled guilty to two counts of Burglary in the First Degree, Unlawful Use of a Weapon, Burglary in the Second Degree, and two counts of Felon in Possession of a Firearm. For the first count of Burglary in the First Degree, White was sentenced 45 months in the Department of Corrections.
For the crime of Robbery in the Second Degree, White was sentenced to 70 months in the Department of Corrections, to be served consecutively to the first burglary sentence. For the second count of Burglary in the First Degree, White was sentenced to 36 months in the Department of Corrections, to be served consecutively to the robbery charge.
For the crime of Burglary in the Second Degree, White was sentenced to 28 months in the Department of Corrections, to be served consecutively to the second burglary in the first degree charge.
For the crime of Felon in Possession of a Firearm, White was sentenced to 30 months in the Department of Corrections, to be served consecutively to the burglary in the second degree charge.
The Unlawful Use of a Weapon and second charge of Felon in Possession of a Firearm charges merged with other counts.
In total, White was sentenced to 209 months, or nearly 17 and a half years.
Under the terms of the sentence, White will only be eligible for programming through the Department of Corrections for the final 30 months of his sentence.
On March 18, the Keizer Police Department responded to the old Roth's Market at 5013 River Rd. N in the Schoolhouse Square shopping center after a Brinks armored truck driver called 9-1-1 to report that his courier was the victim of a robbery.
The courier was inside the Roth's to service an ATM when White approached and threatened him with a firearm.
Officers responded and set a perimeter around the location but were unable to apprehend White at that time.
On March 22, White attempted another robbery on a different armored car courier in Eugene, Oregon, where he was ultimately shot and paralyzed from the waist down.
White's apprehension in Eugene led Keizer Police to further investigate White and his whereabouts before and after the robbery at Roth's, ultimately connecting him to the robbery inside the Roth's.
Through that investigation, Keizer Police linked White to a residential burglary in Keizer that occurred on March 17, the day before the robbery at Roth's, where a vehicle was taken. Keizer Police also linked White to another residential burglary in Falls City that occurred on March 20, two days after the robbery at Roth's, where over $10,000 in personal belongings and firearms were taken.
White is a felon based on prior Robbery in the First Degree convictions from 2005 and is not allowed to possess firearms.
A Marion County grand jury convened on June 4, and indicted White on 14 criminal counts in connection with White's actions.
