OPELOUSAS, La. (NEWS 15) — A Lafayette man was convicted on Tuesday of three counts of armed robbery with a firearm after robbing three people at gunpoint at a Murphy USA gas station in Opelousas in 2021.
Kayvyon Sapp, 36, of Lafayette, was convicted after just two days of trial. A jury of 12 returned a unanimous verdict in under two hours of deliberation.
On March 11, 2021, shortly after 7 p.m., Sapp robbed three people at gunpoint at Murphy USA in Opelousas, according to prosecutors. Officers responded quickly, made contact with the victims, and identified the armed suspect using surveillance video…