Lufkin woman gets 8 years for convenience store robbery

LUFKIN, Texas (KTRE) - A Lufkin woman pleaded guilty to robbing a convenience store on New Year’s Eve 2020.

Amanda Marilee Ebarb pleaded guilty in Judge Paul White’s court on Mon. Dec. 27. 2021 to a charge of robbery, accepting an eight-year prison sentence.

Ebarb’s conviction is in connection with the robbery of A Deel’s #2 at 7:55 p.m., December 31, 2020. According to the arrest affidavit, upon entering the store, Jordan Franklin Hartt pointed a gun at the store clerk and demanded money. The affidavit states Ebarb then began collecting money from the cash register as Hartt assaulted the clerk. During the assault, Hartt allegedly struck the clerk on the back, discharging the gun and causing the clerk to suffer a non-life threatening head wound.

Hartt’s case is currently pending, according to court records.

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