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SAN ANTONIO (KTSA News) — A Honduran national now has a sentence of 31 year in prison for multiple armed robberies in Austin.
Christian Lopez-Burgos, 27, was sentenced in federal court.
Court documents show Lopez-Burgos used a black-over-tan pistol during an attempted robbery of a fast-food restaurant on I-35 and a convenience store robbery on North Lamar Boulevard. From the convenience store, Lopez-Burgos and two other masked, armed males stole approximately $6,000 while Lopez-Burgos pointed his pistol at an employee working the cash register.
On January 23, 2024, Lopez-Burgos was caught on security video driving the same vehicle from the two previous robberies as he and four co-conspirators robbed another convenience store on North Lamar Boulevard, brandishing firearms at two employees and stealing approximately $5,000 from the store’s cash register. Later that day, Lopez-Burgos arrived in his previously noted vehicle at a vape and smoke shop in San Marcos. He returned four days later, on January 27, 2024, with three other individuals to rob the business, stealing CBD and kratom items, as well as glass pipes, while one of the robbers pointed a shotgun at a store employee and ripped a necklace from the victim’s neck.
The U.S. Department of Justice also says Lopez-Burgos was identified as one of three individuals who robbed another convenience store on Lamar Boulevard in Austin on February 3, 2024. In that robbery, Lopez-Burgos and a co-conspirator entered the store brandishing firearms while the third robber served as a lookout at the front door.
Lopez-Burgos was also arrested in Houston on February 15, 2024, after he tried to evade police in the same vehicle with which he committed most of the string of armed robberies.
Lopez-Burgos pleaded guilty in September to one count of conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery, two counts of Hobbs Act robbery, two counts of discharge of firearm in furtherance of crime of violence, and one count of brandishing of firearm in furtherance of crime of violence.
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