MUSKEGON, Mich. — A 47-year-old Fruitport Township could spend 35 years behind bars for holding up a Norton Shores gas station.
Timothy Parker was sentenced in Muskegon County Court for the crime of armed robbery as a fourth-time habitual offender. He was found guilty of holding up the Speedway station at 6582 Grand Haven Rd. in October 2012. Jurors deliberated only about a half hour before handing down the guilty verdict. Judge Timothy G. Hicks sentenced him to spend between 16 and 35 years in prison.
