{"id":8989,"date":"2021-12-20T22:50:44","date_gmt":"2021-12-20T22:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ci02953c16600026c3"},"modified":"2025-02-24T23:18:31","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T23:18:31","slug":"latino-man-convicted-of-133980-armed-robbery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tender-hodgkin.62-151-180-206.plesk.page\/index.php\/2021\/12\/20\/latino-man-convicted-of-133980-armed-robbery\/","title":{"rendered":"LATINO MAN CONVICTED OF $133,980 ARMED ROBBERY"},"content":{"rendered":"

On December 20, 2021 a federal jury handed down a guilty verdict against Valentino Cabral Darosa, 29, for the armed robbery of a business and related firearms offenses in Charlotte, NC.<\/p>\n

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According to filed court documents, evidence introduced at trial and witness testimony, on October 23, 2020, officers responded to a robbery at Atlantic Metals Xchange, located at 11318 N. Community House Road in Charlotte. <\/p>\n

Valentino approached the store and knocked on the door. When the store owner did not immediately answer, Valentino walked away. The store owner went outside and approached Valentino. <\/p>\n

Following a short exchange, Valentino produced a firearm and forced the store owner  into the business into a back room. As trial evidence established, Valentino ordered the victim to unplug the surveillance system\u2019s recorder.<\/p>\n

Valentino then handcuffed the victim and opened the safes. Valentino began stealing items from the safes and proceeded to duct tape the victim\u2019s hands and ankles together. <\/p>\n

Valentino took approximately $133,980 in property and cash; he also took the surveillance system hard drive. Valentino took the victim\u2019s backpack, which contained a firearm, cash, and a wallet. <\/p>\n

After Valentino fled the scene, the victim managed to free himself and call 911 for assistance. <\/p>\n

On November 5, 2020, officers arrested Valentino at his apartment in Charlotte. During a search of Valentino\u2019s apartment and vehicle, law enforcement recovered several items Valentino had stolen from the business. <\/p>\n

Valentino was on post release supervision when he committed the armed robbery. He also has multiple felony convictions in Mecklenburg and Cabarrus Counties and he is prohibited from possessing a firearm. <\/p>\n

Valentino’s trial was on December 20, 2021, the jury convicted him of robbery of a business affecting interstate commerce, using or carrying a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, and possession of a firearm by a felon. <\/p>\n

Valentino is currently in federal custody. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Valentino will be spending Christmas in jail eating dry turkey, because a jury convicted him of a $133,980 robbery<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16955,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[484,30,28,351,610,208,212,153,150,29,239,278],"class_list":["post-8989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-robbery","tag-armed-felon","tag-armed-robbery","tag-cash","tag-christmas","tag-felon","tag-jail","tag-jail-food","tag-prison","tag-prison-sentence","tag-robbery","tag-violence","tag-violent"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tender-hodgkin.62-151-180-206.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tender-hodgkin.62-151-180-206.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tender-hodgkin.62-151-180-206.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tender-hodgkin.62-151-180-206.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tender-hodgkin.62-151-180-206.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8989"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tender-hodgkin.62-151-180-206.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8989\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16956,"href":"https:\/\/tender-hodgkin.62-151-180-206.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8989\/revisions\/16956"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tender-hodgkin.62-151-180-206.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tender-hodgkin.62-151-180-206.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tender-hodgkin.62-151-180-206.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tender-hodgkin.62-151-180-206.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}