Man sentenced to prison for cellphone store robberies

By Jonah Dylan Las Vegas Review-Journal

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A Las Vegas man was sentenced Monday to over seven years in prison for his role in two armed robberies of cellphone stores in 2017.

Kejon Ward, 28, pleaded guilty to one count of interference with commerce by robbery and one count of possession of a firearm in relation to a crime of violence in August 2021. He was sentenced to seven years and 10 months in prison.

According to a Department of Justice news release, Ward and two others stole more than 100 cellphones during the 2017 robberies. Ward, who was on parole at the time, pointed a gun at customers during the robberies.

An accomplice, Rushard Burton, pleaded guilty to similar charges and was sentenced in February to nine years in prison.

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