A MACY, NEBRASKA MAN HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO THREE AND A HALF YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON ON ROBBERY CHARGES.
20-YEAR-OLD TARIQ THOMAS WAS SENTENCED IN FEDERAL COURT IN OMAHA FOR TWO COUNTS OF ROBBERY.
A CO-DEFENDANT, ANDRES RUNNINGSHIELD, WAS SENTENCED ON APRIL 20TH.
THE CHARGES STEMMED FROM AN INCIDENT IN MARCH OF 2021 AT A MACY RESIDENCE WHERE A FIGHT HAD TAKEN PLACE.
THE VICTIMS HAD GIVEN TWO MEN A RIDE FROM SIOUX CITY TO MACY AND WHEN THEY ARRIVED AT THE RESIDENCE, THE MEN ASSAULTED THEM AND ROBBED THEM AT KNIFEPOINT, TAKING A CELL PHONE AND THE KEYS TO THE VEHICLE.
WITNESSES IDENTIFIED THE ROBBERS AS RUNNINGSHIELD AND THOMAS
