Source:	Date: 2016
'VT Gun Incident':
GOV Analysis:
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Date: 1/8/2016	Town: Bennington
VT Resident?: NEW YORK	Law Abiding Citizen Prior to Incident: No
Event Type: Armed Robbery	Firearm Crime: Felony Assault
Injury Type: NONE
Actual Gun Use: Yes	Gun Actually Fired: NO
Domestic Violence: No	Suicide: NO
Details: SERIAL CRIMINAL FROM NEW YORK CRIMES COMMITTED by Lawrence D. Elwell, of Hoosick Falls, NEW YORK: 12/22/2015: Home invasion at gunpoint in Bennington. 1/8/2016: Subway gunpoint robbery. 1/10/2016: Paulin's gas station gunpoint robbery. Two Bennington women were implicated: Jessica A. Harrington, 34, and Amanda J. Sausville, 36, waited in a car while Elwell was committing the Putnam Street robbery. A third woman, Lillian N. King, 30, was found to be connected to the Subway and Paulin's robberies. King helped Elwell rob both businesses by acting as a driver and a scout, as well as purchasing the handgun Elwell used in all three crimes. SENTENCING (or lack thereof) Lawrence D. Elwell, 34, pleaded guilty to felony assault and robbery with a deadly weapon (two counts), burglary into an occupied dwelling armed with a deadly weapon, and eluding law enforcement. A sentencing hearing is scheduled on Dec. 7. Other charges will be dismissed when he is sentenced, according to court records. Amanda J. Sausville received a two-to-ten year suspended sentence after pleading guilty September 2016 to felony aiding in committing assault and robbery with a deadly weapon. Jessica A. Harrington received a four-to-ten year suspended sentence after pleading guilty April 7 2016 to felony aiding in committing assault and robbery with a deadly weapon. Lillian N. King received a three-year deferred sentence after pleading guilty in December to a single felony count of aiding in committing assault and robbery with a deadly weapon. Other charges were dismissed by the state.
NO law will prevent crime. No law will stop criminals from getting guns. Gun Control only effects the law-abiding citizen and the politicians know it.
News Articles
Source 1: 1/11/16: Bennington Subway robbed at gunpoint
Source 2: 1/15/2016: Man accused of robbing gas station employees at gun point Affidavit implicates others who have not been charged
Source 3: 9/21/2017: Man admits to armed robberies
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