Posted on 04/04/2015 1:46:21 PM PDT by DogByte6RER
Man who stole wedding ring off dying womans finger at Taco Bell sentenced to 11 years
A Wichita man will spend more than 11 years in prison for stealing a wedding ring and other items from a woman who was dying from a brain aneurysm in a Taco Bell drive-through in December 2013.
Sedgwick County District Judge Christopher Magana ordered Daquantrius Johnson to serve the 136-month term consecutive to other sentences he received for crimes committed while on felony probation in a 2013 burglary case. The sentences in those cases totaled 111 months, which means Johnson, 21, will be incarcerated for about 20 1/2 years.
Johnsons attorney, Terry Beall, had asked for leniency from the judge during Mondays hearing, suggesting his client be sentenced to probation again.
But Magana denied the request, telling Johnson: Unfortunately, you have become a predator on others in our society and the public must be protected from predators and the community must be safeguarded.
I have considered your situation and your history, and there is much about that that is regrettable. But its also my job to consider the victim in this case, Danielle Zimmerman, Magana said.
The evidence at jury trial was that you were the one who went to her car and you were the one that robbed her. The evidence at jury trial was that you were the only one seen with and in possession of her wedding ring after this crime. The law does not require that you assist someone in a time of need. But it does prohibit you from attacking someone in their time of need.
Johnson shackled at his wrists and ankles and dressed in an orange jail jumpsuit faced supporters who gathered in the gallery during the bulk of the hearing. He smiled occasionally as Magana imposed the sentence. He did not speak.
A jury in December convicted Johnson of aggravated burglary, robbery and misdemeanor theft for his role in the Dec. 29, 2013, robbery of Danielle Zimmerman, a 43-year-old mother and wife.
Prosecutors say Johnson, while he was with two other men, reached into Zimmermans truck and stole her purse and the ring off of her finger after she suffered a fatal brain aneurysm at the Taco Bell at 3725 E. Harry. She had gone to get dinner for her family when she fell ill in the drive-through lane and her truck hit the restaurants speaker box.
She died in a hospital the following day.
Police arrested Johnson, Keith Hickles and Quanique Thomas-Hameen after receiving a Crime Stoppers tip. Hickles in December pleaded guilty to misdemeanor theft and was sentenced to nine months in jail. Thomas-Hameen, who pleaded guilty to misdemeanor theft and aiding a felon, was ordered to 19 months in prison in October.
Police arrested Johnson, Keith Hickles and Quanique Thomas-Hameen after receiving a Crime Stoppers tip. Hickles in December pleaded guilty to misdemeanor theft and was sentenced to nine months in jail. Thomas-Hameen, who pleaded guilty to misdemeanor theft and aiding a felon, was ordered to 19 months in prison in October.
Children sledding off of Harry Street found Zimmermans purse on Dec. 30, 2013. Despite pleas and rewards offered for its return, Zimmermans ring remains missing. Johnson has said he was not involved.
Kris Zimmerman, in addressing the court during Mondays hearing, asked the judge to impose the maximum sentence allowed in his wifes robbery, saying Johnson turned a tragic event into a crime of opportunity and needs to be held accountable for his actions.
I hope you reflect on your crime you committed every day while youre in prison. Dani didnt deserve this to happen to her. She was a kind and compassionate person, Kris Zimmerman told Johnson during his comments.
You disrespected Dani, me and my family. You also disrespected your family. When you became a father, you have the responsibility to be a good role model. You set no example of that.
I hope when you are released you become a productive member of our society. I would think you would want your children to admire you, not be ashamed of you.
I hope he smiles in his little cage.
The culture needs to be fixed from within.
How about his accomplice, Quanique!
My guess is that the sows that “dropped” these two were wandering through the hair preparation section of the drug store when the went into labor! “Gibbsme some O’ dat Quanique hair straightener! Hey, now dats’ a standup name fo’ my little bastard!. Can’t name him after his daddy, cuz I don’t be knowin’ which one he is!”
I believe the idea is that names like John and William are viewed as slave names and this is their way of rejecting that past history. Tied in with that is the belief that Christian names are ‘white’ names.
You must have a mind to have a mindset, so we'll never know.
I guess Daquantrius just thought of something really funny.
Too bad everybody in this courtroom is too uptight and privledged to tell a joke! They should get a hobby.
I'll wager that it was about the same time when birth certificates started featuring the word "Unknown" next to "Name Of Father".
What ever happened to real names like “Sonny Bubba Junebug Johnson”?
Sonny Bubba would never do this crap.
His mammy would slap him back to last year.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0PbJjDhOCE
The war you speak of is obvious. The true question # 1 being: what if anything is to be DONE about it? Question # 2: Are we even capable of resisting?
The character prefers to be called GG.
We mock, yet....oy!
I never knew when or why black children started getting such unusual or made up names. Is it supposed to be some African pride thing?
Nope.. Mulattoes trying desperately to rid themselves of whiteness...
THEN; they look in a mirror...
A U.S. prison sentence is like a post graduate degree. Graduates receive recognition and prestige in the hood. It looks great on a resume if you want to be a rap “artist.” He doesn’t have much to lose. Therefore a few years of study is something to smile about. The state is taking care of his “wives” and children anyway. If we could farm out our criminals to Turkish or mainland Chinese prisons the levity would cease.
That is the type of name Mom hopes makes it into pro sports and brings home the big money. But Mom never brings them up right!
Sounds like a the hood version of Dwayne. Nothing good will come of naming a baby boy Daquantrius or Dwayne.
There used to be a nice lady named Acquanetta working in my local Walmart.
I think he should have been chained to a post and let the lady’s family have at him until nothing but a black greasy stain was left.
Looks Amish to me.
(I’d like to wipe that smirk off of his face with my John Moses Browning.)
Scum.
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