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Tampa Man Who Torched Champs Sports Store During BLM Riot Gets 5 Years In Prison
B911 ^ | July 29, 2021

Posted on 07/31/2021 7:43:54 PM PDT by Conservat1

Tampa, Florida – U.S. District Judge Thomas Barber has sentenced Terrance Lee Hester Jr. (21, Tampa) to five years in federal prison for damaging or destroying by fire a building used in interstate commerce. The court also ordered Hester to pay restitution and to serve three years of supervised release following completion of his prison sentence.

According to court documents, the events that led to Hester’s conviction occurred around midnight on May 31, 2020, in a shopping plaza located at 2301 East Fowler Avenue in Tampa.  Simultaneously with a peaceful protest going on in the area, certain individuals began to loot and destroy property, including setting fire to the Champs Sports store located in the plaza. The building, which also housed other businesses, became fully engulfed in fire, resulting in major damage and loss of property. The loss to the building, the Champs Sports store, and the other businesses is estimated at $1.25 million.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: 2020riots; blm; leftyviolence; tampa; terranceleehester

1 posted on 07/31/2021 7:43:54 PM PDT by Conservat1
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2 posted on 07/31/2021 7:47:03 PM PDT by null and void ("Fact Checkers" Didn't Exist Until The Truth Started Getting Out)
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But don’t worry…….he’ll still be voting in the up coming 2022 elections.

Probably about 3 or 4 times………


3 posted on 07/31/2021 7:50:44 PM PDT by David Chase
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I expect he’ll have the charges dropped in 3….2….1…


4 posted on 07/31/2021 7:53:20 PM PDT by jdsteel ("A Republic, Madam, if you can keep it." Sorry Ben, looks like we blew it.)
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Yet another of obama’s sons.


5 posted on 07/31/2021 7:55:46 PM PDT by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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He got off easy!!!


6 posted on 07/31/2021 8:00:10 PM PDT by ontap
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To: Conservat1

Who knew that arson was a federal crime?


7 posted on 07/31/2021 8:03:28 PM PDT by bigbob
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Was he upset that someone had beat him to all the Nike gear?


8 posted on 07/31/2021 8:06:11 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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“The court also ordered Hester to pay restitution”
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I hope they haunt/harass this monster for the rest of his days. If the business to receive restitution doesn’t want to do that, perhaps they can “sell” this debt to debt collectors who have perfected the art of squeezing the last penny from their “targets”.


9 posted on 07/31/2021 8:24:09 PM PDT by House Atreides
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Lock him up


10 posted on 07/31/2021 8:34:52 PM PDT by NWFree (Somebody has to say it)
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There goes the cure for cancer he was about to invent. So many brilliant minds lost to the racist Justus system./sarc


11 posted on 07/31/2021 8:51:47 PM PDT by Beagle8U ("Jim Acosta pissed in the press pool.")
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Wow. A violent rioter actually was prosecuted and went to hail. 2 billion plus in damages and over 30 deaths.


12 posted on 07/31/2021 8:52:28 PM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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I think the most surprising thing i learned from the story is that there are still Champs sproting goods stores open.


13 posted on 07/31/2021 9:05:40 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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But remember kids, it was still a “peaceful protest.”


14 posted on 07/31/2021 10:21:53 PM PDT by PGR88
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He should be working on a chain gang at min wage, with all wages confiscated, until the insurance company(s) are fully reimbursed. Then he should continue working until Champs is reimbursed for lost revenues (adjusted for taxes, and inflation).


15 posted on 07/31/2021 11:17:34 PM PDT by The Duke (Search for 'Sydney Ducks' and understand what is needed.)
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He’ll be out in 8-12 months


16 posted on 08/01/2021 12:38:46 AM PDT by Az Joe (FREE CHAUVIN!)
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The court also ordered Hester to pay restitution...

$1.25 million in damage? LOL, good luck with that!

17 posted on 08/01/2021 12:52:54 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Fake news, fake election, fake president.)
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Billions in damages, dozens of murders, and this is what, the third conviction?

BLM is a get out of jail free race card.


18 posted on 08/01/2021 3:15:40 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Critical Race Theory: black behavior is so bad it must be whitey's fault.)
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five years in federal prison for damaging or destroying by fire a building used in interstate commerce

I'm not a fan of these rioters, but I'm less of a fan of making everything a Federal offense. "Building used in interstate commerce," my @$$.

ML/NJ

19 posted on 08/01/2021 7:36:24 AM PDT by ml/nj (DITCH MITCH !! and found)
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