The man who pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for directing teenagers to rob a Tacoma marijuana dispensary where an employee was shot and killed was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years in prison.
Michael Keylon Miller-Jimerson, 26, was sentenced in Pierce County Superior Court, but he’ll serve his prison term at the same time as however many years are imposed in the defendant’s federal court case, where he and two other men are accused of organizing dozens of armed robberies in Pierce and King counties and often recruiting teenagers to carry them out.
Federal prosecutors filed documents in their case last month that show Miller-Jimerson is expected to plead guilty to armed bank robbery, robbery and conspiracy to commit robbery. One of the other men, Danesxy Ortega, pleaded guilty in September to his part in the scheme, and court records show the third defendant, Shannon Hartfield, has a trial scheduled in May.
Miller-Jimerson was 22 years old in March 2022 when federal prosecutors say he was in the midst of those robberies targeting pawn shops, banks, jewelry stores and banks. According to prosecutors, at least 10 people have been charged with or convicted of felonies related to the criminal enterprise…