By Paul Thompson
Northeast News

Isaac J. Williams was sentenced to 11 years in federal prison without parole on Tuesday, July 31 in relation to a string of 13 armed robberies that occurred throughout the Kansas City metropolitan area in 2015.

The Office of the United States Attorney of the Western District of Missouri, Timothy A. Garrison, issued a press release announcing the sentencing.

One of those robberies took place on August 18, 2015 at the Northeast MetroPCS store at 4513 Independence Avenue. During that robbery, Williams, 25, served as a lookout as he accompanied co-defendant Donald L. Boggess, 56, who brandished a silver handgun and demanded money from a sales clerk. Boggess took approximately $2,627 from the cash register, stuffed it into his hooded sweatshirt, and fled the store with Williams and two other co-defendants.

According to the press release, Williams pleaded guilty on May 24, 2017 two counts of robbery, two counts of aiding and abetting the brandishing of a firearm during a crime of violence, and one count of participating in an armed robbery conspiracy.

Boggess has pleaded guilty to one count of armed robbery in connection to a separate incident on August 30, 2015 at a 7-Eleven located at 1701 Independence Avenue.

Another co-defendant and accomplice of Williams, 25-year-old Rahnice J. Clay, was also sentenced on July 31 to eight years in federal prison without parole after admitting to her role in two separate armed robberies – at a MetroPCS store on Southwest Blvd. and a GameStop on Westport Road.

On January 31, 2018, Clay pleaded guilty to two counts of aiding and abetting a robbery and two counts of aiding and abetting the brandishing of a firearm during a crime of violence. Though Clay wasn’t charged in connection to the August 18, 2015 MetroPCS robbery, the July 31 press release suggests that Clay was in the getaway car and split the proceeds with Boggess, Williams, and a third co-defendant, 25-year-old Deitra M. Turner. Turner was sentenced to eights years without parole on April 12, 2018 for her role in the string of armed robberies.

The July 31 sentences for both Williams and Clay were issued by U.S. District Judge Brian C. Wimes.