A 23-year-old man who perpetrated multiple holdups in Moreno Valley and Cabazon was bound for state prison Friday to serve a sentence of 17 years, eight months behind bars.
In September, Wesley Denzale Hall of Moreno Valley pleaded guilty to five counts of armed robbery, as well as two counts of attempted robbery, under a plea agreement with the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office.
On Thursday, Superior Court Judge Thomas Kelly certified the terms of the agreement and imposed the sentence stipulated by the prosecution and defense.
According to sheriff’s investigators and court records, between April and August 2023, the defendant held up gas stations and convenience stores, along with random individuals, in Cabazon and Moreno Valley.
The last robbery occurred on the morning of Aug. 4 in the 24000 block of JFK Drive in Moreno Valley, involving a man identified in court documents only as “Raymond.”
In each instance, Hall took an undisclosed amount of cash from his victims, none of whom suffered physical harm.
Detectives reviewed security surveillance video camera footage and other evidence that ultimately identified the defendant as the robber in all of the holdups.
Hall was taken into custody without incident in the area of Filaree Avenue and Perris Boulevard in Moreno Valley on Aug. 21, 2023.
He had no documented prior felony convictions in Riverside County.