TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Despite pleas for leniency from prosecutors and defense attorneys, a Pierce County judge has sentenced a 44-year-old woman for her role in the fatal robbery of an armored-car guard two years ago.
The Tacoma News Tribune reports that judge Frederick Fleming sentenced Tonie Marie Williams-Irby to more than 20 years in prison on Friday. Pierce County prosecutor Dawn Farina had recommended between 12 and 15 years, saying that Williams-Irby had been “extremely cooperative,” helping prosecutors send the robbery’s mastermind to prison for the robbery and aiding in another homicide case.
In June 2009, three men, including Williams-Irby’s boyfriend, confronted Loomis guard Kurt Husted outside the Lakewood Wal-Mart. One of the men shot Husted in the head. Two of the men are serving life sentences, while the other got 47 years.
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Information from: The News Tribune, http://www.thenewstribune.com