A man who opened fire on law enforcement officers during a standoff involving federal marshals in Norwalk was sentenced Tuesday to more than 110 years in prison.
Jason Edwin Devore, 39, of La Habra, was convicted last month of five counts of assault on a peace officer with a semiautomatic firearm and 16 counts of second-degree robbery stemming from a series of robberies in Pomona and other areas.
Jurors deadlocked on five counts of attempted murder of a peace officer.
Co-defendant George Contreras, 21, of Los Angeles, pleaded no contest last month to one count of second-degree robbery and two counts of assault on a police officer. Contreras was immediately sentenced to 12 years and 4 months in prison.
All other charges against Contreras, including five counts of attempted murder, were dismissed following his plea.
The two men were arrested June 10, 2014, after a standoff that began when U.S. Marshals tried to arrest Devore at a Norwalk mobile home park on suspicion of a series of robberies in Pomona, according to the Sheriff’s Department and District Attorney’s Office.
Devore and Contreras barricaded themselves inside a mobile home in the 12000 block of Rosecrans Boulevard around 4:15 p.m., officials said. Prosecutors said that during the standoff, shots were fired at law enforcement officials surrounding the residence.
Contreras surrendered around 10 p.m. Devore remained inside the home for another hour, but came out after authorities fired tear gas into the structure.
According to the U.S. Marshals Service, Devore was on federal parole for bank robbery and served nine years in prison.
–City News Service