Three men convicted in a violent take-over robbery at a Nordstrom Rack in Westchester, where they held more than a dozen employees hostage in 2013, were sentenced to prison Wednesday.
One of the men, Raymond Sherman Jr., 36, was sentenced to 193 years to life in prison by Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Ronald Coen.
Sherman Jr. was convicted in March on 17 counts, including forcible rape, kidnapping and second-degree robbery.
Sherman Jr., Troy Hammock, and Everett Allen, stormed the clothing store located at The Promenade at Howard Hughes Center at about 11 p.m on Jan 10.
The trio forced many of the employees to strip down to their underwear during the robbery.
At one point, Sherman made one of the female employees go into a room where he sexually assaulted her at knifepoint, Deputy District Attorney Cynthia Barnes said, adding that Sherman had held the knife to her neck, piercing the skin.
The employees were freed several hours later, after the men fled the building.
Hammock and Allen were both convicted in the case along with Sherman on March 6.
Hammock, 31, has been sentenced to 41 years, four months in prison.
Allen, 26, received a sentence of 37 years, four months in prison.