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| Convicted armed robber avoids prison for 13 years after state forgets about him |
| By guns.com- Brent McCluskey |
| Published: 04/18/2014 |
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A convicted armed robber avoided his prison sentence for 13 years after the state of Missouri forgot about him. In 2000, Cornealious Anderson was sentenced to 13 years in prison for armed robbery with a BB gun. He was told to go home and wait until someone contacted him with instructions regarding when and where he was to report to prison. But the instructions never came, and Anderson was never incarcerated. It wasn’t until 13 years later, when Cornealious Anderson’s time had been served, that Missouri Department of Corrections realized he was never remanded into custody in the first place. And that’s when SWAT kicked down his door and finally took him to prison, Yahoo reports. Anderson, now 37, used his borrowed freedom wisely and turned his life around. A married father with a three-year-old daughter, Anderson started more than just a family. He picked up a trade and became a carpenter, and even started three businesses. Read More. |
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