Man gets 13 years in prison for armed robbery where employee was stabbed

DANVILLE, Ill. (WAND) - A man who robbed a liquor store in Danville and stabbed an employee who tried to fight back has been sentenced to more than a decade in prison.

Lamar Robinson was sentenced to 13 years for an armed robbery at Sunshine Liquor Store in the 2000 block of E. Main St. on Jan. 14, 2021.

A police officer who was on patrol when he was waved down by an employee.

She told him there was a man armed with a knife inside robbing the store.

The officer approached the store and saw a male employee run out and try to close the front door.

The suspect who was still inside, pushed the door open and ran out with a knife in his hand.

The officer ordered the suspect to drop the knife, but the suspect took off running.

The officer and other responding officers were able to catch up to him a short distance away and he was taken into custody.

Police said they later learned the suspect had stabbed a male employee of the store in the hip before running away with an undisclosed amount of cash from the register. The employee had tried to grab the suspect's knife when he set it down to steal the cash.

The employee was evaluated by medical personnel and released at the scene after being treated for his non-life-threatening injury.

At the time, Robinson had been on IDOC parole for a 2012 conviction for an armed robbery out of Cook County.

Following his release from prison, Robinson will serve 18 months mandatory supervised release.