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Robbery suspects sentenced to state prison

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LANCASTER – Two men and a juvenile who forced their way into a woman’s Lancaster home and robbed her at gunpoint were sentenced to state prison on Monday, authorities said.

Charles Miller, 25, was sentenced to 31 years; Kierre Strong, 25, was sentenced to 26 years; and Isis Canady, now 18, was sentenced to four years, according to Lancaster Station deputy Miguel T. Ruiz.

The trio was convicted of committing an armed home invasion robbery, which occurred on February 2, 2012.

The three defendants reportedly forced their way into a woman’s Lancaster home, brandished a handgun, and stole several items.

In April and May of 2012, the Lancaster Station Robbery Suppression Team arrested Miller and Strong while executing search warrants. Canady was later located in Las Vegas, Nevada and extradited to Lancaster to face criminal proceedings.

Miller and Strong were found guilty after jury trials and Canady, who was a juvenile at the time of the crime, was charged as an adult and pled guilty at the Antelope Valley courthouse, Ruiz stated.

The Lancaster Robbery Suppression Team has nearly an 80% success rate in solving active robbery cases.

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18 comments for "Robbery suspects sentenced to state prison"

  2. And let’s hope they won’t be early released thanks to the Guvnr., like the creep that shot 4 people to death in Northridge.

  4. Was there any blood, guts and veins in their teeth?

    Sounds pretty exciting – how much are you paying for their jail time/food/re-hab?

    • UMMM,,, ARE YU INSANE? THIS IS THE GETTHO!! LANCOMTON N PALMTUKY AIN’T NEVER GOING TO GET ANY BETTER AS LONG AS LA COUNTY KEEPS GIVING OUT VOUCHERS, FOOD STAMPS, EBT AN SECTION 8!!!
      PEOPLE HERE COMIT CRIME EVERYDAY. ONE GETS CAUGHT AN TEN MORE CRIMES APPEAR!! OUR MAYOR TRIED CLEANING UP OUR CITIES BUT YOU HAVE THE ACTIVIST CRYING OUT LOUD!! PROTECTING ALL THESE NONE WORKING PEOPLE WHO LIVE OF THE GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS!! THEN YU HAVE THE PRIVATE INVESTORS WHO COME OUT HERE TO BUY CHEAPER HOMES TO RENT THEM OUT TO SCUM BAGS!!!! BUT I SEE YOUR POINT AN IM ALSO GLAD THEY GOT CAUGHT!!!

      • Notagain first of i work & im blk and a single mom im outta watts;calif i read the articles about the youths and the gang problem,section 8,welfare,etc etc the problem is the mayors need to get funds to get these children off the streets recreational things not all minority families have the required means yes they should go look for employment but these children dont have nothing to do so they give up.and its not fair we do have ppl in the av that is looking for a ez way out but we as ppl we have to reposition these youngsters mind frame

        • Why? I dont disagree but when did it become our responsibility to fix other peoples problems? Look at watts… I know for a fact that they have many community groups that work with kids, however the problem continues. The attitude should be not in our town. If you want to be a lazy low life turd move somewhere else. Although I think kids deserve a chance, when you create these things then the attitude becomes… Move up to the AV, youll get a big ole house, their arent any section8 investigators, hardly any cops and they have free programs for your kids. I know people who have been on section8 for 10 years, its ludacris. Why would a person of low means work to better themselves. I make 80k a year and my section8 neighbor has the same lifestyle… only difference is I get up at 630 and go to work everyday, also I spend my days off maintaining my house while the neighbor has a gardener included in the section8 rent. Not that it matters since they dont water the grass as that would cost them money. As for kids that dont take advantage of a free education, it is sad but the only way to fix it is to take away their parents government aide.. that way they can clearly see what success and failure look like. You will never convince a kid to work hard when their parents do squat while the “mentor” busts their ass and at the end of the day materially they both have the same life. Its sad that I bust my ass everyday and at thanksgiving I scoured the ads to find the cheapest turkey, and the lady in front of me bought a name brand turkey on her ebt card. She did this even after the clerk said you could get a sale turkey for 1/3 the price. Her exact words were “I dont care about the price, I want the name brand”. That one pissed me off for days!!! Why cant we do old school food pantries or give monthly vouchers for staple foods? It is hard to explain to your kids that we cant afford to eat out all the time but EBT is accepted everywhere. Look at the Detroit city council that said we helped re elect Obama now he needs to hook us up. There are many good people out there but there a lot of dumbasses too!

          • The people who make out from the Section 8 program are the landlords/owners of the big houses you are talking about.

            They get a large percentage of their rent paid with your tax dollars. You and I might be paying off their mortgage for them with tax dollars. What a deal.

            I don’t like the Section 8 program much either but we get distracted by the tenants when most of the money goes to the landlords. Your money.

            Now, why do you suppose that tea partiers and republicans don’t want to de-fund S8 like they do everything else?

          • William the solution is simple… end the section 8 program. I half agree with you about the landlords but there is enough blame to go around from the recipient all the way up to the politicians who created this crap…

          • If the Republican/Tea Party pukes stopped voting down Obama’s quest for JOBS and EDUCATION, stopped their adolescent Obstructionist ‘No Tax’ increases for those who should be paying their fair share; and actively ADVOCATED to get people working again, EBT cards, welfare etc would decrease! What a concept!

            Those who advocate to destroy the Government are now shockingly!! OMG!!! finding out that THEY are now the “victims” of their own greed! They complain that people living on federal and state assistance have it better than they do – yet they REFUSE to allocate funds to get people back to WORK – where they could get off pubic assistance!

            JOBS give people purpose, gives them a reason to get up in the morning and go to work. Jobs give people independence from social dependency and increases their self-esteem and values that make committing crimes not that attractive.

            JOBS and INCOME EQUALITY is what’s lacking in our society, locking people up in jails certainly hasn’t worked has it?

            What a bunch of greedy, selfish (and stupid) whiners!!!

          • Really. OMG, you are right on every aspect of your comment. I wondered if I was the only person to feel that way.
            I too was recently at Albertsons looking for mocha mix in the 2 qt size. They only carry the 1 qt size now and it is more expensive than the 2 qt at Walmart and Food4Less. When I inquired why, I was told that most of the customers are paying with ebt so price doesn’t seem to matter. I was actually told that by an employee.
            I will not go there again. EBT is driving the prices up along with the many other issues with that program.
            The Section 8 program needs to either go away completely pr be radically modified.
            Yes William, landlords and investors are making lots of money from the gov for their houses but to say they are the only ones who benefit is ridiculous. The people who get on Section 8 live in a house long enough to tear it up, then move to another house and do the same thing. Their kids go from school to school and never really get an education other than scam school at home. Yes there are a few exceptions to the rule, but not many.

        • i agree to the fact it should be more programs to support these kid in the av.the av need more jobs because the jobs thats here are majority owned by those that send there money to there country and when u do walk in asking for work they look at you with a twisted face.This country is design the way it is set up you have the rich the middle class and the poor you can’t be mad the ppl live on section 8 live better than ebt eat better than because the rich man has control over that and not every one on it is bad ppl rich ppl middle class ppl and poor ppl kids commit crimes so just hope your kids don’t screw up and have your face droppin to the floor and by the way i’m not on any public assitance tax payer like u…..and i do believe in punishment so these boys deserve every bit of their sentece ppl with all these negative comments try supporting foundation call keeping kids out of trouble u paying anyway…

          • Just because you’re not getting ebt or sec8 yourself, doesn’t mean all your family and friends aren’t. Also doesn’t mean you make an honest living doing whatever you do. I will not support/pay for anyone to sit around smoking weed and making babies for other tax payers to support. Everytime someone comes up with a new “program” people go to work trying to figure out how to scam the system.

          • You need to keep your own kids and grandkids out of trouble. Tell all your sister and brothers the sme thing. If everyone was taking care of their kids, this Valley would not be in the terrible shape it is in.