ARMED ROBBER SENTENCED TO 25 YEARS IN PRISON – SPRINGFIELD, MO

On May 18, 2018, a federal judge sentenced 34-year-old Paul Lloyd to 25 years in federal prison without parole. On March 17, 2016, Lloyd entered a jewelry store and inquired about several pieces of jewelry. After conversing with a sales associate, Lloyd brandished a gun and ordered the associate to give him all the jewelry. After the clerk hesitated, Lloyd fired a shot into the wall. The bullet went through the wall and into an adjacent restaurant. No one was injured. Lloyd took several items and then fled from the store. Two days after the robbery, Lloyd carjacked the owner of a Mustang, which eventually led to a police chase. He crashed the vehicle and then fled on foot. Police were able to arrest him after his foot became entangled in a barbed wire fence. Lloyd was also ordered to pay $7, 615 in restitution.