A 50-year-old Highland Park, Michigan, man has been sentenced after pleading guilty to three federal robbery-related charges.
According to U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan, Christopher Lee Bey was sentenced on Thursday to 20 years in prison. Bey previously pleaded guilty to interference with commerce by robbery, use of a firearm in relation to a crime of violence and being a felon in possession of a firearm relating to an armed robbery, shooting and attempted armed robbery.
Federal officials say Bey entered a Boost Mobile in Pontiac on February 4, 2023, with a revolver and demanded money from a store employee. After the employee complied with his demands, Bey pulled a potato from his pants, placed it in front of the barrel of the gun and shot the employee twice in the stomach. He later told officials he attempted to use the potato as a silencer after watching a movie…