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Posted on 03/19/2026 4:07:23 AM PDT by dennisw
'The pre-sentence report shows you're at a high-risk level. That tells me that after they looked at everything, that you don't unfortunately have a good likelihood of being successful if I were to put you on probation.'
As she then ruled that Fontenette would be sentenced to 25 years in prison, family member started shouting in the back of the courtroom, and bailiffs quickly escorted the family members out.
Once the family members were clear, Judge West concluded her sentencing.
A judge in Texas didn't hold back as she sentenced a teenager to 25 years in prison over an attack on a convenience store clerk while carrying a gun during an attempted holdup.
Caden Fontenette, 18, of Port Arthur, had pleaded guilty to aggravated robbery in connection with a violent holdup and assault of a clerk at Bulldog Convenience Store in Nederland on October 10, but his plea was not part of any deal.
The shocking attack was caught on camera, showing Fontenette and two juveniles attacking the clerk while brandishing an assault-style weapon early that morning, prosecutors said.
'Mr Fontenette, there was a time some years ago there wasn't really a question. Everyone, State's Attorneys, were recommending youthful offenders probation. Give everybody an opportunity. Things have just changed in such an incredibly dangerous way with young people doing what I just saw you do on that screen,' she said, according to KDFM.
'I cannot imagine the fear that person had that was working in that store. Just trying to go to work, make a living and go home,' she continued.
'He has three people come in and not just grab a quick something and run out, but terrorize him for quite some time - pulling him around, yanking him around, putting guns in his face. All three of you.'
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Cue up “Bad to the bone” by George Thorogood and the Destroyers.
Can we please have the same sentencing for anyone who attacks an ICE agent?
Good deal.
Now charge the “family” with contempt of court.
We watch Judge West on YouTube. I would classify her as a hanging judge. She rarely grants probation. She is extremely tough.
Thug life.
25 years ? Good. I hope it’s the full 25 . None of this early release junk where he’s back on the block doing what he does in a few years.
I tried to post a pic. Looks like a dullard . Neck tattoo, couldn’t make it out, might read mother with hearts and roses.
“The pre-sentence report shows you’re at a high-risk level“
No, it shows the public is at a high risk level.
Fontenette will now have to serve at least half of the sentence before he is eligible for parole, as he used a deadly weapon in the commission of the crime
neck tats.... never let him out of jail. He is a mennace to society and always will be
Where’d he get the money for that tattoo on the neck?
Boy does he look capital S stupid
Tats ain’t cheap.
People like this should not be allowed into society. They will not change.
Make no mistake. This perp would be in some special “intervention program” if his crime wasn’t caught on video.
If we had more information, then I expect we would find that Fontenette’s family should have to do some time also.
Wow. By the name, I assumed he was white.
That is a ridiculous DM headline. It should have read “Rare, common sense anti-crime judge sentences violent teen to 25 years in prison”
Prison is the new plantation.
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