Above: Nexstar Media Wire video on violent crime statistics from 2023.
SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — A man found guilty of carrying out a spree of armed bank robberies in San Diego County that spanned four years was sentenced to over 480 years behind bars, the district attorney’s office said on Monday.
The penalty essentially amounts to a life sentence for Larry Lightning Jr., 45, who was convicted by a jury of 30 felony counts tied to the violent robberies, including kidnapping, assault with a semi-automatic firearm, robbery and auto theft…