Back in February, he held several people at gunpoint doing a poker game and took about $700 from one of the players. In July, he plead guilty to multiple charges related to the robbery. He was due in front of a judge yesterday for sentencing on his charges, but they've been delayed, meaning that Ryan Thomas Deiter, 24, of Front Royal, Virginia, is going to be spending a little more time in the country jail.
According to prosecutors, several people were gathered for a card game on West 12th Street in Front Royal when Deiter, wearing a white mask, entered the residence. He flashed what appeared to be a shotgun and ordered everyone to the ground. Deiter then grabbed Jeff Lewis and forced him outside of the residence. It was there that he demanded money from Lewis and was handed around $700 before he fled the screen.
Deiter was paling cards at the same residence earlier that evening and hand lost a considerable sum of money. Apparently, this was his attempt to get it back. His attorney asked for the delay in sentencing. The maximum sentence for robbery in Virginia is life in prison and the use of a firearm while committing any felony charge carries a mandatory three-year prison term. Throw in the five years he faces for each count of possession a fire arm as a convicted felon and the (completely unrelated) charge of credit card fraud that he copped to while in the box and he could be looking at a long-term incarceration.
However, the plea agreement reached by the court means that he'll serve anywhere from five to seven years of active incarceration once judge Dennis L Hupp makes his decision.
:dirol
Idiot....you were just playing there earlier that night. Don't you think that even with a mask on the other people there are going to know who you are. I am glad he is getting some time over this incident. I don't think Life in prison is needed but, but 7 years maybe too little. The guy is a convicted felon, so he gets a mandatory 5 years for the weapon charge, so they are saying on the robbery charge he only gets 2 years? I would think somewhere around 14-16 years would be sufficient enough.
5-7 years is enough for him.
According to prosecutors, several people were gathered for a card game on West 12th Street in Front Royal when Deiter, wearing a white mask, entered the residence. He flashed what appeared to be a shotgun and ordered everyone to the ground. Deiter then grabbed Jeff Lewis and forced him outside of the residence. It was there that he demanded money from Lewis and was handed around $700 before he fled the screen.
Deiter was paling cards at the same residence earlier that evening and hand lost a considerable sum of money. Apparently, this was his attempt to get it back. His attorney asked for the delay in sentencing. The maximum sentence for robbery in Virginia is life in prison and the use of a firearm while committing any felony charge carries a mandatory three-year prison term. Throw in the five years he faces for each count of possession a fire arm as a convicted felon and the (completely unrelated) charge of credit card fraud that he copped to while in the box and he could be looking at a long-term incarceration.
However, the plea agreement reached by the court means that he'll serve anywhere from five to seven years of active incarceration once judge Dennis L Hupp makes his decision.
:dirol