A man from Orange was sentenced in Beaumont Friday to 40 years in state prison for beating and robbing senior citizens. 43-year-old Preston Joseph Robertson, who sometimes went by the last name Robinson, was sentenced in state district court Friday after pleading guilty to aggravated robberies in Nederland and Beaumont last year.
Robertson is under indictment in Orange County for aggravated robbery in connection with beating and robbing an 83-year-old man in Little Cypress. A court date has not been set. The robbery was on May 8, 2014. The Orange County Sheriff’s Office reported the victim answered a knock on his door about 1:30 in the afternoon. The man at the door beat the resident and robbed him.
Law enforcement officers said Robertson watched stores to target the elderly who parked in handicapped spaces. He followed the customers to their houses and would then beat and rob them. The Little Cypress man had been to a store with a pharmacy.
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