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Vancouver man, 18, gets 2 years in robbery, harassment cases

By Jessica Prokop, Columbian Local News Editor
Published: July 18, 2016, 7:23pm

An 18-year-old Vancouver man who robbed a 16-year-old boy and flashed a handgun at a woman in a separate incident was sentenced Monday to more than two years in prison.

Lyedarius D. Stewart pleaded guilty to second-degree robbery in the first case and felony harassment-death threats and second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm in the other case.

Vancouver police were called about 8:30 p.m. June 17 to the 4000 block of Northeast Plomondon Street for a reported firearm brandishing. The victim, Jessica Gastineau, said she was socializing with a group of friends in the field at the Parsley Center when a group of about 10 males confronted her and her friends, according to a probable cause affidavit filed in Clark County Superior Court.

A male in the approaching group accused Gastineau’s friend of staring at him and challenged him to fight. The groups exchanged words, and Gastineau told the primary aggressor, later identified as Stewart, to “get out of here!” the affidavit states.

She held a can of Mace to protect herself, she said. Stewart walked toward her, lifted his shirt and displayed a firearm and said, “I’m not afraid to blow a (expletive) brains out,” court records said. Gastineau said she retreated, according to court documents.

Police located Stewart in the 2600 block of Northeast General Anderson Avenue and found a loaded .380 caliber handgun on him, the affidavit said.

Stewart was also involved in a robbery June 13. He fought with a 16-year-old boy in the area of Stapleton Road and Northeast Fourth Plain Boulevard, then took the boy’s backpack, according to a separate probable cause affidavit.

During sentencing, the prosecution asked that Stewart be sentenced to a total of 30 months in prison. Deputy Prosecutor James Smith said that Stewart “went on a minor crime spree.”

Stewart’s attorney, Gerry Wear, argued that his client is a nice young man and should receive 22 months.

Judge Robert Lewis sentenced Stewart to a total of 26 months between the two cases, which included an 18-month firearm enhancement. Stewart was given credit for 31 days in custody in each case.

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