Man pleads guilty to Palm Springs robbery spree, sentenced to 27 years
A parolee who committed a string of armed robberies throughout Palm Springs pleaded guilty today to felony charges and was immediately sentenced to 27 years in state prison.
Daron Ellis Hill, 24, who was representing himself, pleaded to two counts each of robbery and assault with a gun for robbing several ATM customers at gunpoint during the early part of 2017. Two other assault counts filed against Hill were dismissed at sentencing.
His accomplice, Avante Gant, 25, pleaded guilty in January to robbery and gun possession charges but has yet to be sentenced, court records show.
An investigation by the Palm Springs Police Department led to Hill’s apprehension in Rancho Mirage last April, one month after Gant was picked up after fleeing the scene of an armed robbery in the 1700 block of Vista Chino. Officers spotted Gant minutes later, trying to hide behind a tree, and arrested
him following a brief foot chase, Sgt. William Hutchinson said.
Court records show Hill has prior felony convictions for burglary and robbery.
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