Suncoast: Man gets two life sentences for robbery with a firearm while masked
Francesco Abbruzzino, The Uncensored Report, LLC
State Attorney – Amira Fox
TWO LIFE SENTENCES FOR ROBBERY
Shamar Dameon Blair was sentenced as a Prison Releasee Reoffender, to two life sentences, for two counts of Robbery with a Firearm While Masked. The defendant was also sentenced to 30 years in prison for Attempted Robbery with a Firearm While Masked.
The defendant was convicted on Friday, following a jury trial prosecuted by Assistant State Attorneys Garrick Soja and Nolan Deming.
On May 1, 2019, the defendant went into a convenience store at the corner of Bayshore Road and Edgewater Drive in Port Charlotte. He walked into the store and jumped over the counter. He was waving a firearm, demanding, “Give me the money.” There were three employees in the store and the store had just opened.
The defendant was threatening the employees, at gunpoint, to open the cash register but no one knew how. He then robbed two of the employees of their personal items.
The Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office investigated the crime. The defendant has two pending cases in Charlotte County.
