Casey’s robber gets 12-year sentence
MORRISON – A Rock Falls man whose partner drowned after they robbed the Sterling Casey’s will serve 12 years for armed robbery.
Joshua E. Messenger, 26, was given credit for 601 days served in Whiteside County Jail and ordered to pay $1,649.50 in restitution.
On May 22, 2011, Messenger and Scott Denning, 39, of Rock Falls, robbed two convenience store clerks with a knife, taking $1,641.51 and a 12-pack of beer, and jumped into the Rock River while making their escape.
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