Stockton man sentenced to prison for robbing restaurant at gunpoint

STOCKTON, Calif. – A Stockton man was sentenced to nearly ten years in prison for robbing a restaurant at gunpoint and leaving behind evidence at the scene that resulted in his arrest.

The United States Department of Justice says 55-year-old Douglas Sharron Piggee Jr. was handed down a sentence of nine and a half years in prison by Senior U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez for interference with commerce by robbery and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.

Court documents revealed on July 21, 2022, Piggee Jr. walked into a Fire Wings restaurant in Stockton, pointed a loaded gun at the cashier, and demanded money from the register…

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