Judge sentences St. Louis man to seven years for role in armed robbery

 ST. LOUIS – United States District Judge Rodney W. Sippel sentenced Larry Henry to 84 months in prison today. The 29-year-old St. Louis, Missouri resident pleaded guilty to one count of armed robbery and one count of brandishing a firearm in furtherance of that crime of violence.

On January 10, 2020, Henry and two others went inside the Pure Pleasure business located in the 2600 block of North Broadway in St. Louis and announced a robbery.  Henry, as well as the two others, displayed firearms to store employees.

While armed, Henry served as a lookout at the store’s entrance while his two accomplices interacted with the store employees by jumping the store’s counter, pointing firearms at the employees, and demanding that an employee place the store’s money inside of a bag.  The employee complied.  Henry and the two others then fled from the store in a vehicle. 

Days later, Henry was caught in the possession of a firearm while driving the same vehicle used to commit the robbery. 

The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department investigated the case.