A 20-year-old woman who joined her boyfriend in robbing a couple at a Riverside motel was sentenced Thursday to three years in state prison.
Jasmine Roxie Boyd of Rialto pleaded guilty last month to armed robbery in concert with another, and in exchange for her admission, the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office dropped a related felony charge, as well as sentence-enhancing allegations of using a firearm in the commission of a felony.
Superior Court Judge Gail O’Rane certified the terms of the plea agreement and imposed the sentence stipulated by the prosecution and defense.
On Jan. 27, Boyd’s cohort, 21-year-old Eric David Anderson of Hemet, also admitted an armed robbery charge, along with a sentence-enhancing gun use allegation, under a separate plea agreement with prosecutors. He was sentenced to 13 years in prison.
According to Riverside police Officer Ryan Railsback, the defendants forced their way into a motel room in the 10600 block of Magnolia Avenue, near Nye Avenue, about 1 a.m. April 27, 2021, and held the victims at gunpoint while they ransacked the room.
The robbery was over in minutes, and no one was injured, Railsback said.
He did not disclose what was stolen, and the victims’ names were withheld.
Detectives identified Boyd as one of the bandits within a week and arrested her without incident on West Street in Rialto last May 4.
Railsback said property taken during the holdup and other evidence was seized from her apartment.
Further investigation eventually led to Anderson, who was taken into custody without a struggle on Vineyard Street in Ontario on May 25.
Anderson had prior convictions for felony burglary, according to court records. Boyd had no documented prior felony convictions.