A Stanton man convicted of his third strike for the armed robbery of an Irvine in-home day-care provider was sentenced Thursday to 22 years in state prison.
Hung Trong Do, 34, pleaded guilty in May to robbing a woman at gunpoint while she was caring for six children, according to the Orange County district attorney's office.
Do pleaded guilty to felony first-degree robbery, first-degree residential burglary, possession of a firearm by a felon and two counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm, the Daily Pilot reported.
He also admitted to a sentencing enhancement for personal use of a firearm.
Do broke into the victim's home while she was sitting on the couch feeding a baby with five other children in the room about noon June 3, 2009.
Do demanded money from the woman as he pointed his loaded .40-caliber semiautomatic gun at her head and forced her into another room with the baby still in her arms.
The woman gave him $100 out of her purse before her husband came home and began arguing with Do. This gave the woman a chance to call 911.
Do fled, but Irvine police found him loitering in a nearby apartment complex and a police dog found the gun in nearby bushes.
Do has two previous strike convictions for a 1996 attempted murder and a 2008 residential burglary. He was also convicted in 2005 for possession of a firearm.
— Britney Barnes, Times Community News
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