Knife-point robber to serve seven years in prison
Coeur d'Alene Press | UPDATED 11 years, 4 months AGO
A Worley man will serve seven years in prison for the January 2014 robbery of a smoke shop on the Coeur d'Alene Reservation.
David Ray Crowe, Sr., 46, sentenced in U.S. District Court in Coeur d'Alene Tuesday, will also serve three years of supervised release after he completes his prison sentence.
According to a plea agreement, Crowe admitted that he went into the Stubby Lake Smoke Shop in the early morning hours and threatened an employee with a knife. He demanded money, her car keys and told the employee not to scream or he would kill her. Crowe took cash, cartons of cigarettes, a laptop computer and the employee's 2012 Subaru Forester.
The United States prosecuted the case because the events occurred within the boundaries of the Coeur d'Alene Indian Reservation and Crowe is an enrolled Tribe member.
During the term of supervised release, Crowe will have to submit to searches of his person, home and automobile, he will have to refrain from bars and alcohol consumption, and submit to drug testing as many as five times per month. U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered Crowe to pay restitution of $20,348.44 to the store and victim. Crowe pleaded guilty to the charge in November.
The case was investigated by Coeur d'Alene Tribal Police and the FBI.