A 28-year-old Corona man was sentenced Monday to a dozen years in federal prison for a two-day spree of armed robberies in Orange County.
U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney also ordered George Arizon to pay $3,658 in restitution to his victims. Arizon pleaded guilty in August to single counts each of interference with commerce by robbery and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence.
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On Nov. 8, 2022, a gun-wielding Arizon held up a 7-Eleven store in Westminster, forcing a clerk to turn over $80 and two packs of cigarettes, capping off his 10th stickup in two days, federal prosecutors said.
Arizon robbed eight restaurants and a hair-cutting business in Santa Ana, Garden Grove and Westminster, prosecutors said.
Carney went with a probation official’s recommendation of 12 years after Arizon asked the judge to take a chance on him.