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Pizzeria robber loses appeal

By Jess Sullivan
From page A3 | January 10, 2013 | 5 Comments

FAIRFIELD — A career criminal who pulled an armed takeover robbery of the Chuck E. Cheese pizzeria on Oliver Road in October 2009 lost his appeal Wednesday in a San Francisco court that challenged his conviction and subsequent 62-years-to-life prison sentence.

Antoine Thomas, 37, and an accomplice he refused to name, walked into the restaurant shortly after it opened and held the eight employees at gunpoint before looting a safe of about $1,300 and fleeing.

Thomas claimed that during his jury trial his lawyer should have called alibi witnesses who would have said Thomas was at a barber shop around the time of the robbery. During the trial, pizzeria employees identified Thomas as one of the robbers and Fairfield police used video camera surveillance footage to identify Thomas as the robber.

Thomas was also found guilty of several drug-dealing charges after police found him in a car at an apartment in 2007 with $900 worth of cocaine in his pockets and in a plastic bag next to where he was seated.

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GrantJanuary 10, 2013 - 4:58 am
They should of tacked on another 50 years just because he chose to rob a kids place of Fun & food..
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BgJanuary 17, 2013 - 3:49 am
@grant how about they they tack 50 years for you.
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GrantJanuary 17, 2013 - 4:29 am
Why Should I get 50 years because I chose to call out Another thief.. At least rob a place with more then a few hundred bucks. I hope no one ever sticks a gun in your face.. How will you feel then?? Have a Blessed Day....Grant
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ter666January 10, 2013 - 8:46 am
Lost his appeal? I never liked him.
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GrantJanuary 17, 2013 - 4:31 am
Thanks for the Laugh..
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